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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nelson, Sioban
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia [Pa.] : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2001.
Colección:Studies in health, illness, and caregiving.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.