Winner of the 2016 Lavinia Dock Award from the American Association for the History of Nursing
Awarded first place in the 2016 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award in the History and Public Policy category
The most dramatic growth of Christianity in the late twentieth century has occurred in Africa, where Catholic missions have played major roles. But these missions did more than simply convert Africans. Catholic sisters became heavily involved in the Church's health services and eventually in relief and social justice efforts. In Into...
Winner of the 2016 Lavinia Dock Award from the American Association for the History of Nursing
"Wall traces the nursing and management roles of nuns and brothers in church-related US health care institutions. This well-documented volume will be a useful addition for collections supporting academic programs in public health, hospital administration, bioethics, and divinity, and for comprehensive collections in the history of medicine. Recommended." --Choice
"American Catholic Hospitals is fair, balanced, insightful, and intriguing. The story Wall tells--a story about a significant segment of the US health care system--is meticulously documented. Readers...
"Wall traces the nursing and management roles of nuns and brothers in church-related US health care institutions. This well-documented volume will ...
This timely volume describes and analyzes the nursing response to a variety of historic and recent global disasters that occurred between 1885 and 2012, including Hurricane Sandy. The book is unique in its discussion of cooperation and conflict in the disaster responses regarding the mobilization of individuals across national borders and continents. It examines how partnerships developed, their implications for policy, and how we can use lessons learned to improve care in the future.
The book addresses such questions as: How did local, regional, and national communities mobilize...
This timely volume describes and analyzes the nursing response to a variety of historic and recent global disasters that occurred between 1885 and ...
