Abstract

SACRISTAN RAMIREZ, Carolina. A History of Nursing in Mexico. A Historiographic Approach. Estud. hist. mod. contemp. Mex [online]. 2022, n.64, pp.223-248.  Epub Mar 31, 2023. ISSN 0185-2620.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iih.24485004e.2022.64.77734.

The history of nursing in Mexico is a recent study field. The earliest research on the area dates around twenty years ago, but no literature analysis has been done. This article is a historiographic review. On the one hand, it examines and criticizes the traditional paradigm of the history of nursing, which is deeply rooted in the positivist philosophy, and calls to rethink such an approach. On the other hand, it sets forth possible approaches to the discipline from diverse historiographic angles; it suggests related themes and identifies some sources as starting points for new studies.

Keywords : history of nursing; historiography; Mexico; sources; historiographical approaches.