A Once Charitable Enterprise: Hospitals and Health Care in Brooklyn and New York 1885–1915 (Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History) - Hardcover

Rosner, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521242177 ISBN 13: 9780521242172

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1982

Synopsis

This 1982 book examines the changes in hospital care in New York that occurred around the turn of the twentieth century. It represents a fundamental departure from traditional medical history, which has usually emphasised 'progress' through science and technology. Professor Rosner identifies the economic, political and demographic pressures that brought about a reshaping of the health care system, and analyses the dramatic reorganisation of hospitals that took place. He also discusses major scientific advances such as the discovery of anaesthetic properties of ether, nitrous oxide and chloroform, and the consequent increase in surgical solutions to medical problems.

About this title

Book Description:

A social history of the health care system in New York City from the 1890s through the Progressive Era. Analyzes the dramatic reorganization of the hospital system from a series of idiosyncratic social welfare facilities into rationalized and bureaucratized medical institutions. Examines the political and financial struggles which accompanied the growth of the modern hospital system.

About the Author:

For three decades, David Rosner has worked as a sportswriter at major metro newspapers and national magazines. As an award-winning staff writer at Newsday" in New York, he spent twelve years covering the full gamut of pro sports including horse racing. He has covered racing since the spring of 77 when his first bylined stories as a cub reporter chronicled the harrowing Belmont spill that hospitalized the teen sensation Steve Cauthen. Rosner earned national Associated Press Sports Editors Association awards for investigative reporting and for deadline writing as well as New York State AP and UPI awards for enterprise journalism. He also served as editor-in-chief of the national hockey magazine "Rinkside" and coauthored The Official Illustrated NHL History".

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0521242177
• ISBN 13: 9780521242172
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 246