260 pages, 121 photographs, 40 in colour, 16 illustrations, 10 in colour, 1.105kg ISBN 0-7766-0591-7 Paper $50.00 June 2005 Copublished with University of Ottawa Press This comprehensive new work examines nursing in Canada from the seventeenth century to the present day. Featuring a wide range of contributions from nursing history scholars, this book documents the hardships, challenges and achievements of Canadian nurses from battlefields and remote outposts to urban streets and modern emergency rooms. This richly illustrated volume is sure to become essential reading for anyone with an interest in the history of women and of health care in Canada.