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1 online resource (xiii, 222 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Note |
Notes: P. 161-190. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-214) and index. |
Contents |
Ch. 1. Bringing modern medicine to the mountains -- Ch. 2. Physicians and the quest for professional identity -- Ch. 3. What the Women's Clubs can do -- Ch. 4. Women, health care, and the community -- Ch. 5. Limiting public health. |
Summary |
In this text, the author examines the transformation of medical care in Central Appalachia during the Progressive Era and analyzes the influence of women volunteers in promoting the acceptance of professional medicine in the region. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Women in medicine -- Appalachian Region -- History.
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Women in medicine. |
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Appalachian Region. |
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History. |
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Medicine -- Appalachian Region -- History.
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Medicine. |
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History, 19th Century. |
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History, 20th Century. |
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Midwifery -- history. |
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Nurses. |
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Physicians, Women. |
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Kentucky. |
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Virginia. |
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West Virginia. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Barney, Sandra. Authorized to heal. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2000 0807825220 0807848344 (DLC) 99030433 (OCoLC)41238537 |
ISBN |
0807860549 (electronic book) |
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9780807860540 (electronic book) |
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0807825220 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807825228 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0807848344 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807848340 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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