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Climbing the ladder, chasing the dream : the history of Homer G. Phillips Hospital / Candace O'Connor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Connor, Candace, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homer G. Phillips Hospital--History.
- Homer G. Phillips Hospital.
- Hospitals--Missouri--Saint Louis--History--1937 -1979.
- Hospitals.
- History.
- Missouri--Saint Louis.
- Minorities--Medical care.
- Minorities.
- African Americans--Medical care.
- African Americans.
- Discrimination in medical care.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword by Eva L. Frazer, MD
- Preface
- Introduction. Climbing the Ladder, Chasing the Dream: Homer G. Phillips Hospital
- Chapter One. The Mysterious Life and Death of Homer Garland Phillips, 1878-1931
- Chapter Two. "Old and Combustible and Altogether Unsafe": City Hospital #2, 1919-1937
- Chapter Three. "A Notable Advance in Negro Hospitalization": Homer G. Phillips Hospital, 1937-1940
- Chapter Four. The Diaspora: Coming to Homer G. Phillips Hospital
- Chapter Five. "A Special Time and Place": The Ville
- Chapter Six. "A First-Class Place": The War and Washington University, 1940-1950
- Chapter Seven. Cheating the Grim Reaper: Surgery at Homer G. Phillips Hospital
- Chapter Eight. "Killer Phillips": The Hectic Emergency Department
- Chapter Nine. "First Rate... in Every Respect": 1950-1960
- Chapter Ten. Loving the Children: Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Pediatrics
- Chapter Eleven. "Future Nurses Club": Nursing Life at Homer G. Phillips Hospital
- Chapter Twelve. The Final Era: The Long Path to Closing, 1960-1979
- Chapter Thirteen. "Unbelievable": August 17, 1979
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 08, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: O'Connor, Candace. Climbing the ladder, chasing the dream
- ISBN:
- 9780826274656
- 082627465X
- Publisher Number:
- 40030848704
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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