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Say little, do much : nurses, nuns, and hospitals in the nineteenth century /
"Nearly a half century before Florence Nightingale became a legendary figure for her pioneering work in the nursing trade, nursing nuns made significant but little-known accomplishments in the field. In fact, in the nineteenth century, more than 35 percent of American hospitals were created and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia [Pa.] :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2001.
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| Colección: | Studies in health, illness, and caregiving.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1. ""Say Little, Do Much"": Veils of Invisibility-Nursing Nuns; Chapter 2. Martha's Turn: Vowed Women and Virtuous Work; Chapter 3. Free Enterprise and Resourcefulness: An American Success Story-The Daughters of Charity in the Northeast; Chapter 4. Behind Enemy Lines: Religious Nursing in England-Conflicts and Solutions; Chapter 5. At the Margins of the Empire: Religious Wars in the Hospital Wards of Colonial Sydney; Chapter 6. Frontier: ""The Means to Begin Are None""
- Chapter 7. Crossing the Confessional Divide: German Catholic and Protestant NursesChapter 8. The Twentieth Century: Every Day Life Got Smaller
- Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Acknowledgrnents.