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1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
"Homer G. Phillips Hospital--founded in an era of segregated healthcare and named for the murdered attorney who fought for its existence--became a beacon of hope and healing for the black community and a path to professional progress for hundreds of black physicians and nurses"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Homer G. Phillips Hospital -- History.
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Homer G. Phillips Hospital. |
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History. |
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Hospitals -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History -- 1937 -1979.
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Hospitals. |
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Missouri -- Saint Louis. |
| Chronological Term |
1937 -1979 |
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Minorities -- Medical care.
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Minorities -- Medical care. |
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African Americans -- Medical care.
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African Americans -- Medical care. |
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Discrimination in medical care.
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Discrimination in medical care. |
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1937-1979 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: O'Connor, Candace. Climbing the ladder, chasing the dream Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2021 9780826222473 (DLC) 2021026146 |
| ISBN |
9780826274656 electronic book |
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082627465X electronic book |
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9780826222473 hardcover |
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