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Bargaining for life : a social history of tuberculosis, 1876-1938 /
Tuberculosis was the most common cause of death in the nineteenth century. The lingering illness devastated the lives of patients and families, and by the turn of the century, fears of infectiousness compounded their anguish. Historians have usually focused on the changing medical knowledge of tuber...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©1992.
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| Colección: | Studies in health, illness, and caregiving in America.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Tuberculosis and the Beginnings of Change, 1876-1903; 1. Doctor Flick and Tuberculosis; 2. The Quest and the Treatment; 3. Helping Poor Consumptives; 4. Life as a Patient; 5. A Camp in the Mountains: The Beginnings of the White Haven Sanatorium; Part II. New Systems of Care, 1903-1917; 6. Research, Training, and Patient Care: The Henry Phipps Institute; 7. Achievement and Disappointment at the Institute; 8. Expansion at White Haven; 9. Economy, Charity, and the State; 10. The Private Sanatoriums.
- 11. Attention, Care, and Doctor's Orders: Tuberculosis Nursing12. The Final Years of George E. Macklin; 13. Into the Homes, Minds, and Lives of the Poor: Visiting Nurses; 14. Persuasion, Choice, and Circumstance; Part III. Adjustments and Compromise, 1914-1938; 15. Waiting Lists and Empty Beds; 16. P.S.I Am ... Colored
- Part IV. A Retrospective View; 17. The Decline of Tuberculosis; 18. Conclusions and Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography of Selected Secondary Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y.