Importing Care, Faithful Service : Filipino and Indian American Nurses at a Veterans Hospital

"Every year thousands of foreign-born Filipino and Indian nurses immigrate to the United States. Despite being well trained and desperately needed, they enter the country at a time, not unlike the past, when the American social and political climate is once again increasingly unwelcoming to the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cherry, Stephen M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Veterans' hospitals.
Nurse and patient.
Asian Americans.
MEDICAL / General
veterans hospitals.
Hôpitaux pour anciens combattants.
Americains d'origine asiatique.
Relations infirmiere-patient.
Hospitals, Veterans
Asian Americans
Nurse-Patient Relations
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1. Veterans and a Crisis of Care
  • Chapter 2. Colonialism, Christian Culture, and Nursing Care
  • Chapter 3. New American Battlefields
  • Chapter 4. Understanding and Coping with the Trauma of War
  • Chapter 5. Faith and the Practice of Care
  • Chapter 6. Extending Health and Care to Community
  • Chapter 7. Who Will Care for America?
  • Methodological Appendix
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author
  • Series Titles

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