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American Catholic Hospitals

Wall, Barbra Mann

2011

Overview

InAmerican Catholic Hospitals, Barbra Mann Wall chronicles changes in Catholic hospitals during the twentieth century, many of which are emblematic of trends in the American healthcare system. Wall explores the Church's struggle to safeguard its religious values. As hospital leaders reacted to increased political, economic, and societal secularization, they extended their religious principles in the areas of universal health care and adherence to the Ethical and Religious Values in Catholic Hospitals, leading to tensions between the Church, government, and society. The book also examines the power of women--as administrators, Catholic sisters wielded significant authority--as well as the gender disparity in these institutions which came to be run, for the most part, by men. Wall also situates these critical transformations within the context of the changing Church policy during the 1960s. She undertakes unprecedented analyses of the gendered politics of post-Second Vatican Council Catholic hospitals, as well as the effect of social movements on the practice of medicine.

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Subject: 20th century / 21st century / Catholic Church / Catholic hospitals / Catholic hospitals -- Social aspects -- United States -- History / Catholic hospitals -- United States -- History -- 20th century / Catholic hospitals -- United States -- History -- 21st century / Catholic hospitals -- United States -- Marketing -- History / Catholicism -- history -- United States / Health Sciences / History / History of Nursing -- United States / History, 20th Century -- United States / History, 21st Century -- United States / Hospital Administration & Care / Hospitals, Religious -- history -- United States / Marketing / MEDICAL / MEDICAL / General / MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery / MEDICAL / History / MEDICAL / Hospital Administration & Care / MEDICAL / Nursing / Nurse & Patient / MEDICAL / Public Health / Medical care / Medical care -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church -- History / Medical sciences / Nuns / Nuns -- United States -- History / Nursing / Nursing -- Religious aspects -- History / RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations / RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies / Religion and Medicine -- United States / RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic / Religious aspects / Social aspects / Social change / Social Change -- history -- United States / Social change -- United States -- History -- 20th century / Social change -- United States -- History -- 21st century / Social Marketing -- United States / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion / Sociology / United States
• ISBN: 9780813551081, 0813551080, 081354940X, 9780813549408, 081357644X, 9780813576442