Indian sisters : a history of nursing and the State, 1907-2007 / Madelaine Healey.

London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013.

xiii, 349 pages : black and white illustrations ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-335) and index.

The institution of modern nursing in Indian society -- Lighting India's lamp : nursing leadership and the colonial state, 1905-47 -- 'Seeds that may have been planted may take root' : international aid nurses and projects of professionalism, 1947-65 -- From Green Park to Bollywood : the development of nursing organization, 1947-2006 -- The Indian state and the disappearing nurse -- 'Nurses anytime' : emigration and the status question -- The four feet upon which a cure must rest.