The people's hospital : a history of McCords, Durban, 1890s-1970s / Julie Parle and Vanessa Noble ; editor: Christopher Merrett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parle, Julie.

Contributor:

Noble, Vanessa.

Merrett, Christopher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hospitals.

Medical care--South Africa.

Medical care.

Apartheid--South Africa.

Apartheid.

Physicians.

Missionaries.

South Africa.

Missionaries--South Africa.

Physicians--South Africa.

Nurses--South Africa.

Nurses.

Zulu (African people)--Missions.

Zulu (African people).

Physical Description:

241 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Pietermaritzburg : Occasional Publications of the Natal Society Foundation, 2017.

Summary:

Durban's McCord Hospital, this book argues, is one of the most important hospitals of the twentieth century. Founded 'for the Zulu' in 1909 by American Christian missionaries, Dr James B. McCord and Margaret Mellen McCord, for more than a century it was a centre of affordable health care for the underprivileged of many faiths, cultures and political persuasions. It also pioneered the training of black nurses, midwives and doctors and was supported by prominent figures such as John L. Dube and Chief Albert Luthuli.

Contents:

'Bringing light to the nation?' : missionaries and medicine in Natal and Zululand

'Growing pains' : the Beatrice Street Dispensary, the Cottage Hospital and the Mission Nursing Home, 1904-1919

'A going concern' : McCord Hospital, 1920s-1940s

'We were forced to improvise ... and our difficulties multiplied' : expansion at McCord Hospital, 1940s-1960s

'No one person is McCord Zulu Hospital' : a complex Christian community of care

Fighting 'a good fight' : the 'McCord family' and the struggle against apartheid, 1940s-1970s.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-231) and index.

ISBN:

9780992176693

0992176697

OCLC:

1029353063