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UNINA9910785127703321 |
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Titolo |
Nurses on the front line [[electronic resource] ] : when disaster strikes, 1878-2010 / / Barbra Mann Wall, Arlene Keeling ; editors |
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New York, NY, : Springer, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-76443-8 |
9786612764431 |
0-8261-0520-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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WallBarbra Mann |
KeelingArlene Wynbeek <1948-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Disaster nursing - United States - History |
Nursing - United States - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Nurses on the Front Line When Disaster Strikes, 1878-2010; The 1878 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Mississippi:"For God's Sake, Send Us Some Nurses and Doctors"; The 1900 Galveston Hurricane: "Unspeakable Calamity"; The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, 1906: "A Lifetime of Experience"; The Monongah Mine Disaster, December 1907: "A Roar Like a Thousand Niagaras"; Nurses' Response Across Geographic Boundaries in the Halifax Disaster, December 6, 1917: Border Cr; The Boston Instructive District Nurses Association and the 1918 Influenza Epidemic: "Intelligent Co |
The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot and the "Angels of Mercy"The New London, Texas, School Explosion, 1937: "Unparalleled Disaster"; The 1942 Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire: Out of the Ashes; The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964: Lessons in Leadership; Gendered Notions of Expertise and Bravery: New York City 2001; A Tale of Two Shelters: A Katrina Story, 2005; Striving for the "New Normal": The Aftermath of International Disasters; Conclusion; NOTES; 159; xix,; xix,; 34 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book examines how nurses have responded to natural and man-made disasters in the in the US and Canada over the course of the previous and current centuries. It identifies the care delivered during |
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various disasters; explicates how nurses at the local level intersected with the American Red Cross (ARC), American Nurses Association (ANA), the U.S. Public Health Service, and other federal/state organizations; describes how this intersection changed over time; and analyzes how issues of race, class, and gender influenced the ways nurses and other health care professionals responded to disaste |
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