Who Shall Take Care of Our Sick?: Roman Catholic Sisters and the Development of Catholic Hospitals in New York City
(Part of the Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context Series)
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This rich history chronicles the prominent role of Catholic women religious in establishing the hospitals at the core of New York City's extensive Catholic medical network. Beginning with the opening of St. Vincent's Hospital in 1849, Bernadette McCauley relates how determined and pragmatic women of faith worked over the next eighty years to place the Catholic Church in the mainstream of American medicine. Exploring the differences and similarities...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801882168
ISBN13:9780801882166
Release Date:October 2005
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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