{"product_id":"no-place-like-home-a-history-of-nursing-and-home-care-in-the-united-states-9780801873188","title":"No Place Like Home A History of Nursing and Home","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuhler-Wilkerson links local ideas about the formation and function of home-based services to national events and health care agendas, and she gives special attention to care of the \"dangeroussick, particularly poor immigrants with infectious diseases, and the \"uninterestingsick-those with chronic illnesses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnyone interested in understanding the origins of our ambivalent relationship with home care will find Karen Buhler-Wilkerson's book invaluable. Journal of the American Medical Association A compelling history with profound contemporary relevance. -- John Welshman New England Journal of Medicine Documents the persistence of the issues with which home-care agencies still struggle today. -- Suzanne Gordon The Nation This is a well-researched and balanced work that will capture the readers' interest... It is a wonderful addition to nursing historiography. -- Diane Hamilton Ph.D. R.N. Nursing History Review More than a history of a specialized branch of nursing, Karen Buhler-Wilkerson's book is a study of American values and priorities. -- Melanie Beals Goan Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:  I. Inventing Home Care in the Nineteenth Century  Trained Nurses for the Sick Poor  Creating Their Own Domain: Ladies, Nurses, and the Sick PoorII.The Work and Reality\"Treatment of Families in Which There Is Sickness\"  Caring in Its Proper Place: Race Relations at Home  Lillian Wald and the Invention of Public Health Nursing  Home Nursing Care - Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: A Photo Essay  III. Management and MoneyThe Business of Private Nursing  A Cautionary Tale: The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's Home Care Experiment  IV. Reinventing Home Care in the Mid-Twentieth Century  \"An Unchanging Purpose in a Changing World\"  Home Care Becomes the Fashion - Again  Epilogue: The Future of Home Care","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527618044247,"sku":"9780801873188","price":30.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801873188.jpg?v=1731868565","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/no-place-like-home-a-history-of-nursing-and-home-care-in-the-united-states-9780801873188","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}