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Healing in the wilderness : a history of the United Church mission hospitals / Bob Burrows.
- Title
- Healing in the wilderness : a history of the United Church mission hospitals / Bob Burrows.
- Author
- Burrows, Bob, 1934-
- Publication
- Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Pub., c2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | RA390.C3 B87 2004 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 240 p. : ill., maps, ports.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "In this meticulously researched history of the United Church Mission Hospitals, Reverend Bob Burrows, himself a former "flying missionary," details the fascinating history of the men and women who brought, and still bring, medical services to Canada's remote communities."--Back Cover.
- Subject
- United Church of Canada
- Église unie du Canada > Histoire. > Canada
- United Church of Canada > History. > Canada
- Rural Health Services
- Hospitals, Rural
- Hospitals, Religious
- Religious Missions
- Rural Health Services > history
- Hospitals, Rural > history
- Hospitals, Religious > history
- Health Personnel
- Religious Missions > history
- Religious Missions > history > Canada > Biography
- Missions médicales > Canada > Histoire
- Missions, Medical > Canada > History
- Religious Missions > Canada > History > Biography
- Health Occupations
- Health Workforce
- Canada
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-233) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter one 1889-1914 -- Wrinch profile -- Chapter two 1914-1939 -- Archer profile -- Chapter three 1939-1964 -- Darby profile -- Young profile -- Chapter four 1964-1989 -- Whiting profile -- Watt profile -- Chapter five 1989-2004.
- ISBN
- 1550173383 (pbk.)
- 9781550173383 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 55510634
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library