Mary Breckinridge :: the Frontier Nursing Service & rural health in Appalachia /

In 1925 Mary Breckinridge (1881-1965) founded the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS), a public health organization in eastern Kentucky providing nurses on horseback to reach families who otherwise would not receive health care. Through this public health organization, she introduced nurse-midwifery to t...

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1. Verfasser: Goan, Melanie Beals, 1972-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2008.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
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Zusammenfassung:In 1925 Mary Breckinridge (1881-1965) founded the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS), a public health organization in eastern Kentucky providing nurses on horseback to reach families who otherwise would not receive health care. Through this public health organization, she introduced nurse-midwifery to the United States and created a highly successful, cost-effective model for rural health care delivery that has been replicated throughout the world.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 348 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-339) and index.
ISBN:9781469606644
146960664X

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