Bring Out Your Dead

J H Powell

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving
• In 1793 a disastrous plague of yellow fever paralyzed Philadelphia, killing thousands of residents and bringing the nation's capital city to a standst... Lees meer

Women at War

Elizabeth Norman

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving
• Norman tells the dramatic story of fifty women--members of the Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurse Corps--who went to war, working in military hospitals, ... Lees meer

Healing Traditions

Bonnie Blair O'Connor

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving
• "This fascinating book does much to explain why so many people seek help from alternative therapies like acupuncture or herbalism, traditional Chinese... Lees meer

The Friendship of Florence Nightingale and Mary Clare Moore

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving
• Florence Nightingale is best known as a woman of action--a founder of modern nursing, a reformer in the field of public health, and a pioneer in the u... Lees meer

Clara Barton

Elizabeth Brown Pryor

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving
• Widely known today as the "Angel of the Battlefield," Clara Barton's personal life has always been shrouded in mystery. In Clara Barton, Professional ... Lees meer

Bargaining for Life

Barbara Bates

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving
• Tuberculosis was the most common cause of death in the United States during the nineteenth century. The lingering illness devastated the lives of pati... Lees meer

Say Little, Do Much

Sioban Nelson

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving
• In the nineteenth century, more than a third of American hospitals were established and run by women with religious vocations. In Say Little, Do Much ... Lees meer

Nurses' Work, the Sacred and the Profane

Zane Robinson Wolf

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• Today, birth, suffering, healing, and death--all powerful experiences--are closely associated with nurses. In Nurses' Work, The Sacred and The Profane... Lees meer

Suggestions for Thought by Florence Nightingale

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving
• Florence Nightingale is best known as the founder of modern nursing, a reformer in the field of public health, and a pioneer in the use of statistics.... Lees meer

Caregiving

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving
• The need for caregiving is enormous. Thanks to extraordinary advances in medical technology, Americans are surviving illnesses and injuries that would... Lees meer

A History of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps

Mary T Sarnecky

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving
• Thousands of women have served in the Nurse Corps of the U. S. Army. Many of them worked in war zones, where their extraordinary courage, resourcefuln... Lees meer

Transcending AIDS

Peggy McGarrahan

• Paperback | Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving
• Presents a study of fifty registered nurses who have chosen to specialize in the care of HIV-infected patients in New York City. Here, the nurses expl... Lees meer