No One Was Turned Away by Sandra Opdycke
For more than a century, New York City's public hospitals have played a major role in ensuring that people of every class have had a place to turn for care. This comparison of the history of Bellevue Hospital with that of the private New York Hospital illuminates the unique contribution that public hospitals have made to the city and confirms their continued value today. Portraying the hospital as an urban institution that reflects the social, political, economic, demographic, and physical changes of the surrounding city, this book links the role of public hospitals to the ongoing debate about the place of public institutions in American society.
This book should be widely read and discussed by scholars of urban history, medical history, and public policyMost importantly, it should be required reading for public analysts * American Historical Review *
In an era of increasing calls for the privatization of public services, Opdycke has given us a riveting, well-written history that speaks to the present and future as well as our past. This fascinating, cogently argued book deserves a broad popular readership. * American Historical Review *
perceptive analysis of this important area of public policy * American Historical Review *
In an era of increasing calls for the privatization of public services, Opdycke has given us a riveting, well-written history that speaks to the present and future as well as our past. This fascinating, cogently argued book deserves a broad popular readership. * American Historical Review *
perceptive analysis of this important area of public policy * American Historical Review *
Sandra Opdycke Sandra Opdycke is the associate director of the Institute for Innovation in Social Policy at Vassar College. A student of Mark Carnes, she received her Ph.D. from Columbia in 1995 and has lectured and written extensively on urban history, women's history and public health, including No One Was Turned Away: The Role of Public Hospitals in New York City Since 1900 (Oxford, 1999) and The Routledge Historical Atlas of Women in America (Routledge, 2000). She has also contributed 70 essays to American National Biography (Oxford, 1999), which was edited by authors John A. Garraty and Mark Carnes.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195119503 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195119509 |
| Title | No One Was Turned Away |
| Author | Sandra Opdycke |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1999-04-08 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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