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Florence Nightingale and holistic philosophy

¹University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

Journal of Holistic Nursing : Official Journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association

|March 1, 1997

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Florence Nightingale

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History of Medicine
Nursing Philosophy

Background:

Florence Nightingale's era featured a conflict between allopathy and homeopathy.
Nightingale's health philosophy aligned more with homeopathy's holistic approach than allopathy's mechanistic view.