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http://dx.doi.org/10.17703/JCCT.2017.3.4.107

A Pioneer of Korean nursing, Elizabeth J. Shepping's Nursing Missionary Work  

Yoon, Me Ok (Dept. of Nursing, Hanil University & Presbyterian Theological Seminary)
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The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology / v.3, no.4, 2017 , pp. 107-115 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was to summarize in Nursing perspective nursing missionary activities of Elizabeth J. Shepping, R, N(1880~1934), a Southern Presbyterian nursing missionary and explore Korean women's lives and Korean nursing history during the Japanese Colonial Period. Shepping committed herself to nursing activities, providing care to the lepers and patients mainly in Gwangju Jejung Hospital, Gunsan Guam Jesus Hospital, and Severnce Hospital, as well as engaging in nursing activities for disease prevention in local communities. She put much effort in educating women and nurses to help recover women's human rights, simultaneously spreading gospel for salvation. She founded the Chosun Nursing Association to help Korean community oppressed under Japanese colonial. Shepping's life based on her motto,"Not success, but service,"was holistic nursing missionary work.
Keywords
Korea; Nurse; Pioneer; Missionary;
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