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Nurses on the front line : when disaster strikes, 1878-2010 / Barbra Mann Wall, Arlene W. Keeling, editors.
Holman Biotech Commons RT116 .N87 2011
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Holman Biotech Commons RT116 .N87 2011
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Barbara Bates Center for History of Nursing - Fagin Hall 2U RT116 .N87 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Disaster nursing--United States--History.
- Disaster nursing.
- Disasters--history.
- History.
- United States.
- Nurse's Role--history.
- History, 19th Century.
- History, 20th Century.
- History, 21st Century.
- Medical Subjects:
- Disasters--history.
- United States.
- Nurse's Role--history.
- History, 19th Century.
- History, 20th Century.
- History, 21st Century.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 291 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer Pub. Co., [2011]
- Summary:
- Wall, a nurse historian at the U. of Pennsylvania, and Keeling (nursing, U. of Virginia) compile 13 essays that illustrate how nurses have responded to natural and man-made disasters in the US, Canada, and other countries from 1878 to 2010, and how their experiences can inform disaster preparedness today. Contributors, a group of nurses and historians from the US and Turkey, focus on 12 disasters, including the 1900 Galveston hurricane, the 1942 Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire, 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, the 1878 Mississippi yellow fever epidemic, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, the 1917 Halifax disaster, and the 1921 Tulsa race riot, ending with a chapter on international disasters. They examine and analyze within historical context, the nurses' role in responding to disasters and as part of a community response, noting the roles of race, class, and gender in any model for disaster response. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- The 1878 yellow fever epidemic in Mississippi : "for God's sake, send us some nurses and doctors" / Deanne Stephens Nuwer
- The 1900 Galveston hurricane : "unspeakable calamity" / Barbra Mann Wall
- The San Francisco earthquake and fire, 1906 : "a lifetime of experience" / Barbra Mann Wall and Marie E. Kelly
- The Monongah mine disaster, December 1907 : a "roar like a thousand Niagras" / John C. Kirchgessner
- Nurses' response across geographic boundaries in the Halifax disaster, December 6, 1917 : border crossings / Deborah A. Sampson
- The Boston Instructive District Nurses Association and the 1918 influenza epidemic : "intelligent cooperation" / Arlene W. Keeling
- The 1921 Tulsa race riot and the "angels of mercy" / Barbra Mann Wall
- The New London, Texas, school explosion, 1937 : "unparalleled disaster" / Barbra Mann Wall
- The 1942 Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire : out of the ashes / Patricia A. Connor Ballard
- The great Alaska earthquake of 1964 : lessons in leadership / Barbra Mann Wall
- Gendered notions of expertise and bravery : New York City 2001 / Julie A. Fairman and Jonathan Gilbride
- A tale of two shelters : a Katrina story, 2005 / Teresa M. O'Neill and Patricia M. Prechter
- Striving for the "new normal" : the aftermath of international disasters / Audrey Snyder, Fusun Terzioglu, and Arlene W. Keeling.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Frances C. Thielbar Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780826105196
- 082610519X
- OCLC:
- 639163749
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