Episode 2 of 2
Three-month experiment
- When
- 1859
- Where
- Liverpool
A three-month experiment with Nurse Robinson providing care in poor homes led to the creation of a philanthropic district nursing system.
Rathbone conducted a three-month experiment with Mary Robinson providing nursing care in the homes of poor people in one district of Liverpool. Based on this trial, he established a formal philanthropic system for district nursing, which is considered the beginning of organised district nursing in England.
Sources
- William Rathbone VI Wikipedia, revision of 2026-04-23
- District nurse Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-28
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