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The corona crisis falls in the middle of the WHO’ s Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. We would like to express our gratitude and recognition for the nurse’s work with the publication of this interview taken before the Covid-19 outbreak. Yvonne Ribi leads the Swiss Professional Association of Nurses (Schweizer Berufsverband der Pflegefachfrauen […]

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The corona crisis falls in the middle of the WHO’ s Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. With the publication of these interviews taken before the Covid-19 outbreak, we would like to express our gratitude and recognition for the nurses’ vital work. Fritz Frauenfelder is Deputy Director of the Nursing, Therapy and Social Work […]

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The corona crisis falls in the middle of the WHO’ s Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. With the publication of these interviews taken before the Covid-19 outbreak, we would like to express our gratitude and recognition for the nurses’ vital work. Elisabeth Kurth is the managing director of «familystart», a network of midwives […]

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The corona crisis falls in the middle of the WHO’ s Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. With the publication of these interviews taken before the Covid-19 outbreak, we would like to express our gratitude and recognition for the nurses’ vital work. Corinne Steinbrüchel-Boesch is a nursing expert APN in the Department of Geriatric […]

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The nursing and health scientist Iren Bischofberger was significantly involved in the establishment and expansion of the Careum Hochschule Gesundheit. On the one hand, she set up the research and development program «work & care – reconciling work and care for family members» with her interdisciplinary team. On the other hand, she managed from 2009 […]

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Iris Ludwig, who holds a degree in nursing and educational science, was a vocational school teacher and expert on nursing didactics for many years. She was instrumental in the introduction of innovative teaching methods such as skills-labs and Problem Based Learning in Switzerland. From 1996 to 2006, she founded and managed the first master’s program […]

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Talks with Iris Ludwig and Iren Bischofberger The World Health Organization WHO has designated 2020 the «Year of the Nurse and Midwife» in honor of the 200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale. (1). Nurses and midwives account for nearly half of the global health workforce. It is about time for an international focus on their […]

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At the end of the 18th century and in the first half of the 19th century, the canton of Appenzell was the preferred destination for whey cures. In spring and summer, Gais, Weissbad, Gonten, Heiden and other villages offered spa guests drinking cures with pure goat and herbal whey. Such cures were particularly recommended against […]

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The atlas of the geographer and ethnologist Richard Andree (1835-1912) was published between 1881 and 1937 in various editions. The volume shown in the exhibition is the second edition with 120 maps. Zinc plates were used to produce the maps in this atlas, as these allowed a finer gradation of colours than chromolithography. Shown here […]

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Until well into the 20th century, stays in a health resort were also common for children. They spent weeks or months separated from their parents. Jörg Zemp, now 65, remembers his stay at the Theresia children’s Kurhaus in Unterägeri. Jörg Zemp was interviewed by Ursula Reis, subject specialist for medical history at the Main Library […]

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