A special nursing service : to help the mentally handicapped : nursing the mentally subnormal.

An information pamphlet giving advice and information on becoming a nurse for people with mental or intellectual disabilities.

This pamphlet contains outdated and offensive terms describing people with intellectual or mental disabilities. This language is repeated in the catalogue record only when quoted from the item.

London : Ministry of Health : Ministry of Labour, 1963.

1 folded sheet (3 unnumbered pages) : illustrations (chiefly black and white) ; 21 x 26 cm folded to 21 x 13 cm

Title from cover.

"Issued by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labour. Prepared by the Central Office of Information N.L.05 (Amended reprint Nov. 1963)"--From page [3].

What the hospitals are like -- How they train -- How nurses are chosen -- Career prospects -- For further information or advice.