期刊名称：Eä : Revista de Humanidades Médicas & Estudios Sociales de la Ciencia y la Tecnología
电子版ISSN：1852-4680
出版年度：2016
卷号：8
期号：2
页码：40
出版社：ISO-CYTE
摘要：This article focuses on the nurses from Oporto’s Holy House of Mercy Royal Hospital (Hospital Real da Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Porto) in the last quarter of the 18th century. It intends to characterize the evolution of the structure and hospital context where nurses worked, to unveil the form of recruitment, their functions, hierarchical subordination and salary. Historical methodology was based on the analysis of labor contracts of nurses and other staff from 1771 to 1799. Based on these documents, it is possible to uncover a set of data that helps to reinterpret the image of secular nursing of the eighteenth century, tracing not only an image of their welfare activity but also of working conditions in the hospital setting.
关键词：Nursing; Oporto; Holy House of Mercy; hospital; 18th century.
