{"product_id":"american-catholic-hospitals-a-century-of-changing-markets-and-missions-9780813576442","title":"American Catholic Hospitals: A Century of Changing Markets and Missions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"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.\" -\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eAmerican Catholic Hospitals\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\" -\u003ci\u003eJournal of the American Medical Association\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In \u003ci\u003eAmerican Catholic Hospitals\u003c\/i\u003e, Barbra Mann Hall 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.\" -\u003ci\u003eHealth Progress\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\" -\u003ci\u003eAmerican Catholic Studies\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eAmerican Catholic Hospitals\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\" -\u003ci\u003eCatholic Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eAmerican Catholic Hospitals\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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, author of \u003ci\u003eSpirited Lives: How Nuns Shaped Catholic Culture and American Life, 1836-1920\u003cbr\u003e .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbra Mann Wall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813576442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBARBRA MANN WALL is the Thomas A. Saunders III Professor in Nursing at the University of Virginia School of Nursing. Her book \u003ci\u003eUnlikely Entrepreneurs: Catholic Sisters and the Hospital Marketplace, \u003c\/i\u003ewon the 2006 Lavinia Dock Award for Best Book, American Association for the History of Nursing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40180661452915,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":34.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7e741dca-3ba4-4694-95ce-7e746ae800f6.jpg?v=1655471548","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/american-catholic-hospitals-a-century-of-changing-markets-and-missions-9780813576442","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}