American Catholic Hospitals: A Century of Changing Markets and Missions

Author:   Barbra Mann Wall
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Edition:   First Paperback Edition
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9780813576442


Pages:   260
Publication Date:   15 January 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Barbra Mann Wall
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Edition:   First Paperback Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9780813576442


ISBN 10:   081357644
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   15 January 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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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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Wall provides solid scholarship and engaging insight into the historic and contemporary contributions of American Catholic hospitals and their ability to adapt and serve amid the changing landscapes of church and state, culture wars, and healthcare reforms of the 20th century. --Carol K. Coburn Spirited Lives: How Nuns Shaped Catholic Culture and American Life, 1836-1920 (01/01/2099)


""Wall provides solid scholarship and engaging insight into the historic and contemporary contributions of American Catholic hospitals and their ability to adapt and serve amid the changing landscapes of church and state, culture wars, and healthcare reforms of the 20th century."" — Carol K. Coburn, Spirited Lives: How Nuns Shaped Catholic Culture and American Life, 1836-1920 ""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 meticulously researched and well written. Although it is certainly appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate students, general readers also will find it to be an excellent overview of the history of the changes that Catholic health-care institutions have undergone in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries."" — Catholic Historical Review ""In American Catholic Hospitals, Barbra Mann Wall traces the ways Catholic hospitals have accommodated changes both within the church and in society over the last century. Her book is well researched and a fascinating read.""— Health Progress ""American Catholic Hospitals offers a tremendous amount of new material and refreshing perspectives on current health care system challenges in the United States.""— Sioban Nelson, Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto ""Wall presents a compelling and well-documented narrative of the dynamic transformation of Catholic hospitals in twentieth-century America. Drawing on records from Catholic congregations throughout the United States, she reveals an admirable perseverance of religious caregivers, demonstrated by their willingness to adapt to socioeconomic forces often inimical to charitable care."" — American Catholic Studies ""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 will find her study to be illuminating, even inspirational."" — Journal of the American Medical Association


American Catholic Hospitals offers a tremendous amount of new material and refreshing perspectives on current health care system challenges in the United States. --Sioban Nelson Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto (07/29/2010) Wall provides solid scholarship and engaging insight into the historic and contemporary contributions of American Catholic hospitals and their ability to adapt and serve amid the changing landscapes of church and state, culture wars, and healthcare reforms of the 20th century. --Carol K. Coburn Spirited Lives: How Nuns Shaped Catholic Culture and American Life, 1836-1920 (01/01/2099)


Wall provides solid scholarship and engaging insight into the historic and contemporary contributions of American Catholic hospitals and their ability to adapt and serve amid the changing landscapes of church and state, culture wars, and healthcare reforms of the 20th century. --Carol K. Coburn Spirited Lives: How Nuns Shaped Catholic Culture and American Life, 1836-1920 In American Catholic Hospitals, Barbra Mann Wall traces the ways Catholic hospitals have accommodated changes both within the church and in society over the last century. Her book is well researched and a fascinating read. --Health Progress 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 meticulously researched and well written. Although it is certainly appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate students, general readers also will find it to be an excellent overview of the history of the changes that Catholic health-care institutions have undergone in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. --Catholic Historical Review Wall presents a compelling and well-documented narrative of the dynamic transformation of Catholic hospitals in twentieth-century America. Drawing on records from Catholic congregations throughout the United States, she reveals an admirable perseverance of religious caregivers, demonstrated by their willingness to adapt to socioeconomic forces often inimical to charitable care. --American Catholic Studies 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 will find her study to be illuminating, even inspirational. --Journal of the American Medical Association American Catholic Hospitals offers a tremendous amount of new material and refreshing perspectives on current health care system challenges in the United States. --Sioban Nelson Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto


Author Information

BARBRA MANN WALL is the Thomas A. Saunders III Professor in Nursing at the University of Virginia School of Nursing. Her book Unlikely Entrepreneurs: Catholic Sisters and the Hospital Marketplace, won the 2006 Lavinia Dock Award for Best Book, American Association for the History of Nursing.

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