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American Catholic Hospitals

Wall, Barbra Mann

2011,2020

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 / American healthcare system / 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 / Catholic hospitals, twentieth century, trends, American healthcare system, religion, religious values, Catholicism, Christianity, rising tensions, church, ethical dilemmas, problems arise, church issues, changing rules, government issues, tensions in society, women in power, feminism, church sisters, significant authority, gender disparity, social movements, medical practices, hospitals, doctors, nurses, changing society, new concepts, rising conflicts, gendered politics, post-Second Vatican Council, struggles, religious beliefs, Catholic nuns, harassment, fighting for justice, strikes, threats, practical solutions, complicated problems / Catholic nuns / Catholicism / Catholicism -- history -- United States / changing rules / changing society / Christianity / church / church issues / church sisters / complicated problems / doctors / ethical dilemmas / feminism / fighting for justice / gender disparity / gendered politics / government issues / harassment / Health Sciences / History / History of Nursing -- United States / History, 20th Century -- United States / History, 21st Century -- United States / Hospital Administration & Care / hospitals / Hospitals, Religious -- history -- United States / Marketing / MEDICAL / MEDICAL / General / MEDICAL / History / Medical care / Medical care -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church -- History / medical practices / Medical sciences / new concepts / Nuns / Nuns -- United States -- History / nurses / Nursing / Nursing -- Religious aspects -- History / post-Second Vatican Council / practical solutions / problems arise / religion / RELIGION / Christianity / General / Religion and Medicine -- United States / Religious aspects / religious beliefs / religious values / rising conflicts / rising tensions / significant authority / 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 movements / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion / Sociology / strikes / struggles / tensions in society / threats / trends / twentieth century / United States / women in power
• ISBN: 9780813551081, 0813551080, 081354940X, 9780813549408, 081357644X, 9780813576442