Nursing rural America : perspectives from the early 20th century /

"Tracing the history of nursing in rural America during the first half of the 20th century, this well-researched book describes how nurses shaped health care delivery in remote, isolated rural settings, and analyzes how insights from their remarkable achievements in the face of formidable barri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kirchgessner, John C. (Editor ), Keeling, Arlene Wynbeek, 1948- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, [2015]
Temas:
Rural nursing > United States > History.
Rural health services > United States.
Rural Nursing > history
History, 20th Century
Soins infirmiers en milieu rural > États-Unis > Histoire.
Services de santé rurale > États-Unis.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Rural health services
Rural nursing
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Town and country nursing : community participation and nurse recruitment / Sandra B. Lewenson
  • Public nursing in rural Wisconsin : stretched beyond health instruction / Rima D. Apple
  • School nursing in Virginia : hookworm, tooth decay and tonsillectomies / Mary E. Gibson
  • Nursing in the Schoolfield Mill Village : cotton and welfare / Sarah White Craig
  • Care in the coal fields : promoting health through sanitation and nutrition / John C. Kirchgessner
  • Mary Breckenridge and the frontier nursing service : saddlebags and swinging bridges / Anne Z. Cockerham
  • Migrant nursing in the Great Depression : shantytowns and suitcase camps / Arlene W. Keeling
  • Nursing in West Texas : trains, tumbleweeds, and rattlesnakes / Melissa McIntire Sherrod
  • Nursing the Navajo : dust storms and gully washouts / Arlene W. Keeling.

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