Mental health nursing the working lives of paid carers 1800s 1900s this book seeks to integrate the history of mental health nursing with the wider history of institutional and community care for people experiencing mental illness and or living with a learning disability it develops new research questions by drawing together a concern . Download citation mental health nursing the working lives of paid carers 1800s 1900s this introductory chapter provides an overview of the working lives of paid carers over two centuries. This introductory chapter provides an overview of the working lives of paid carers over two centuries the emergence of modern nursing is usually dated to the mid nineteenth century its complex evolution and international variations were shaped by the relationship between nursing and the state religious influences economics a concern with social welfare class and gender issues scientific . Dr niall mccrae review of mental health nursing the working lives of paid carers in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries review no 2071 doi 1014296 rih 2014 2071 date accessed 18 february 2021. Published on reviews in history https reviewshistoryacuk mental health nursing the working lives of paid carers in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries review numbereur2071 publish dateeurthursday 23 february 2017 editoreurpamela dale anne borsay isbneur9780719096938 date of publicationeur2015 priceeurgbp7311 pageseur288pp