Ana Choperena presents her first book in Barcelona
This is work from research about nursing in the American Civil War.
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Ana Choperena, professor at School Nursing, has just published her first book Memories of nurses in the American Civil War: the road to professionalization, a book that recounts the history of the profession in the context of the American Civil War, topic main of her thesis . "The objectives of the book have been to inquire into the issues concerning the professionalization of nursing care at an important historical moment, and to describe the evolution of the social role of women in that same context," explains Choperena. The book analyzes 13 personal narratives of nurses who collaborated in the conflict: "in this way I have found evidence of an incipient process of professionalization of care, as well as the gradual expansion of the roles traditionally assigned to women, from the domestic sphere to the public-professional sphere," concludes the author.
The book, published by Ediciones San Juan de Dios, was presented on November 7 at the Auditorium-Edifici Docent Sant Joan de Déu, in Espluges de Llobregat (Barcelona). The event was presented by Dr. Amèlia Guilera, director of Ediciones San Juan de Dios and Campus Docent Sant Joan de Déu, and was attended by Dr. Ana Choperena and Dr. Anna Ramió, professor at Campus Docent Sant Joan de Déu.
Nurse and humanistAna Choperena has a degree in Humanities (2008), from the University of Navarra (UN), a Diploma in Nursing from the Public University of Navarra (2001) and Master's Degree in Nursing Science (2010) from the University of Navarra. PhD in History from the School of Philosophy and Letters of the same university (2014) with a doctoral thesis entitled: "Memories of nurses in the American Civil War: from the domestic to the professional dimension". She currently teaches History of Nursing, Methodological Foundations of Nursing, and Narratives, Care and Human Existence.
She is a member of the area of research Innovation for a person-centered care of the School of Nursing and of group of research in Recent History (GIHRE), of the School of Philosophy and Letters.
