Description
Book SynopsisPublic health demonstration projects have been touted as an innovative solution to the US's health care crisis. Yet, such projects actually have a long but little-known history, dating back to the 1920s. This new book reveals the key role that these local health programs had in influencing how Americans perceived their personal health choices and the well-being of their communities.
Trade Review"With clarity and historical sophistication, D'Antonio has identified a crucial hiatus in our historical knowledge. This is definitely a timely and important book."
-- Susan M. Reverby * author of Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy *
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Nursing with a Message is a tour de force—a sophisticated and nuanced book that subtly and powerfully shifts the received arguments and historiography on nursing."
-- Jennifer Gunn * Program in the History of Medicine, University of Minnesota *
"Skillfully crafted, historically accurate, and well referenced, the book is a must read for anyone interested in the complexity of coordinating inter-professional healthcare – past or present." * History of Medicine and Allied Sciences *
"This is a necessary work that calls attention to the essential role the nursing profession played in negotiating and constructing what counts as public health policy in the United States." * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Medicine and a Message
2 The Houses That Health Built
3 Practicing Nursing Knowledge
4 Shuttering the Service
5 Not Enough to Be a Messenger
Notes
Bibliography
Index
