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Say little, do much nurses, nuns, and hospitals in the nineteenth century

Title
Say little, do much [electronic resource] : nurses, nuns, and hospitals in the nineteenth century / Sioban Nelson.
Author
Nelson, Sioban.
Publication
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2001.

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1 online resource (237 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
Studies in health, illness, and caregiving
Uniform Title
  • Say little, do much (Online)
  • Studies in health, illness, and caregiving.
Alternative Title
Say little, do much (Online)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-225) and index.
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Contents
"Say little, do much": veils of invisibility--nursing nuns -- Martha's turn: vowed women and virtuous work -- Free enterprise and resourcefulness: an American success story--the Daughters of Charity in the northeast -- Behind enemy lines: religious nursing in England--conflicts and solutions -- At the margins of the empire: religious wars in the hospital wards of colonial Sydney -- Frontier: "the means to begin are none" -- Crossing the confessional divide: German Catholic and Protestant nurses -- The twentieth century: "every day life got smaller".
LCCN
2001033028
OCLC
ssj0000544831
Author
Nelson, Sioban.
Title
Say little, do much [electronic resource] : nurses, nuns, and hospitals in the nineteenth century / Sioban Nelson.
Imprint
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2001.
Series
Studies in health, illness, and caregiving
Studies in health, illness, and caregiving.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-225) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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