A uniform with uniformity

Coombes, S.; Heilman, J.

Canadian Nurse 89(8): 61-62

1993


ISSN/ISBN: 0008-4581
PMID: 8221592
Document Number: 421990
Clothing is a powerful form of non-verbal communication, conveying socio-economic status, occupational role and even the authority and power vested in that role. The traditional hospital nursing uniform reflects its historic military and religious foundations, and, many would say, the servile rank of the wearer.

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