Bargaining for life : a social history of tuberculosis, 1876-1938 /
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| Author / Creator: | Bates, Barbara, 1928-2002 |
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| Imprint: | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1992. |
| Description: | x, 435 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in health, illness, and caregiving in America |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1355947 |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. I. Tuberculosis and the Beginnings of Change, 1876-1903. 1. Doctor Flick and Tuberculosis. 2. The Quest and the Treatment. 3. Helping Poor Consumptives. 4. Life as a Patient. 5. A Camp in the Mountains: The Beginnings of the White Haven Sanatorium. Pt. II. New Systems of Care, 1903-1917. 6. Research, Training, and Patient Care: The Henry Phipps Institute. 7. Achievement and Disappointment at the Institute. 8. Expansion at White Haven. 9. Economy, Charity, and the State. 10. The Private Sanatoriums. 11. Attention, Care, and Doctor's Orders: Tuberculosis Nursing. 12. The Final Years of George E. Macklin. 13. Into the Homes, Minds, and Lives of the Poor: Visiting Nurses. 14. Persuasion, Choice, and Circumstance. Pt. III. Adjustments and Compromise, 1914-1938. 15. Waiting Lists and Empty Beds. 16. "P.S. I Am...Colored" Pt. IV. A Retrospective View. 17. The Decline of Tuberculosis. 18. Conclusions and Epilogue.
