American Catholic hospitals : a century of changing markets and missions /

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In American Catholic Hospitals, Barbra Mann Wall chronicles changes in Catholic hospitals during the twentieth century. Wall explores the Church's struggle to safeguard its religious values. As hospital leaders reacted to increased political, economic, and societal secularization, they extended...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wall, Barbra Mann
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2011.
Series:Critical issues in health and medicine.
Subjects:
1900-2099
Catholic hospitals > United States > History > 20th century.
Catholic hospitals > United States > History > 21st century.
Social change > United States > History > 20th century.
Social change > United States > History > 21st century.
Catholic hospitals > United States > Marketing > History.
Catholic hospitals > Social aspects > United States > History.
Nuns > United States > History.
Nursing > Religious aspects > History.
Medical care > Religious aspects > Catholic Church > History.
Medicine > Religious aspects.
Social marketing.
Hospitals, Religious > history
Catholicism > history
History of Nursing
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Religion and Medicine
Social Change > history
Social Marketing
Hôpitaux catholiques > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Hôpitaux catholiques > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Hôpitaux catholiques > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Médecine > Aspect religieux.
Marketing social.
MEDICAL > Hospital Administration & Care.
MEDICAL > History.
Medicine > Religious aspects
Catholic hospitals
Medical care > Religious aspects > Catholic Church
Nuns
Nursing > Religious aspects
Social change
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From sisters in habits to men in suits
  • A "precarious" economic scene
  • Religion, gender, and the public representation of Catholic hospitals
  • Regardless of color, race, creed, or financial status
  • Catholic hospitals and the federal government
  • Harassed by strikes or threats of strikes
  • Practical solutions to complicated problems
  • "S" stands for "Sister," not "stupid."

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