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RODRIGUES, Manuel Alves  e  LOUCANO, Cristina. O Enfermeiro Português Journal: 1929-1930. Rev. Enf. Ref. [online]. 2014, vol.serIV, n.1, pp.163-169. ISSN 0874-0283.  https://doi.org/10.12707/RIV14000.

The purpose of ad usum et beneficium is to identify and disclose documents which given their value and significance at a particular time, represent a contribution to the history of the profession. We wish to introduce O Enfermeiro Português, Revista dos Profissionaes de Enfermagem e propaganda do Gremio dos Enfermeiros de Terra e Mar do Norte de Portugal - Associação de Classe (period 1929-1930). The first five issues of the Journal, published between 31st October, 1929, and 15th September, 1930, belonged to the private collection of Alberto da Silva Mourão, a distinct individuality of Portuguese Nursing, and were offered by his daughter, Professor Alda Mourão. Without looking in depth into the various topics that were addressed in each issue of the Journal, which may be searched according to each subject, the method of analysis of this work included the following components: description of reference data issue by issue; identification of different categories of information and synthesis of some central topics that were recurrent throughout the main pages of the five issues. The various opinion texts focused on the common and persistent concerns of the end of 1929, such as nurses’ lack of motivation, the injustices related to the recognition of the profession’s value, the lack of rigour and standardisation of training programs, the moral and value crisis, and the abundance of healers and others acting as nurses who did nothing to help dignify the class. We do not know whether the Journal O Enfermeiro Português continued to be published or for how long, since we only have access to this specific collection. Anyone interested in expanding the historical study of the issues of that time period, which included the crisis of values, the disorganisation of the class, the crisis of leadership, the wars between classes and groups, and the legitimate longings of a high value class in a world of suffering, may consult the documents in the old books section of the Nursing School of Coimbra.

Palavras-chave : history of nursing; professional organization.

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