No Place Like Home
A History of Nursing and Home Care in the United States (review)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15026384 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward T Morman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 837-838 |
| Publication date | 2002-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the history of medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-5140 • E-ISSN: 1086-3176 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/bhm.2002.0194 |
| OpenAlex | W2079001236 |
| Language | EN |
Home care is as old as human disease and the human domicile, and it bears repeating that most health care is still provided at home, largely by mothers and other female household members. In this book, Karen Buhler-Wilkerson discusses a variant that emerged in the industrialized world: organized home care provided by paid nurses from outside the home
Economic growth · Health care · Home health · Nursing homes · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Medicine · Nursing · Gerontology
| Highly cited | No |
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