Enlightened Charity

by Martha M. Libster and Betty Ann McNeil

Book Overview

Enlightened Charity is a lost history important to the identity of professional American nurses. Throughout history nurses have been innovators in health reform creating models of safe and accessible health care for all. Enlightened Charity documents the pioneering work of American Sisters of Charity nurses in the 19th century who sustained a centuries-old holistic healing tradition of their French predecessors in caring for the poor, sick, and mentally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0975501828
• ISBN13: 9780975501825
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Golden Apple Publications
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"