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26 produkter
Hearts of Wisdom
American Women Caring for Kin, 1850-1940
Häftad, 2002
408 kr
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The image of the female caregiver holding a midnight vigil at the bedside of a sick relative is so firmly rooted in our collective imagination we might assume that such caregiving would have attracted the scrutiny of numerous historians. As Emily Abel demonstrates in this groundbreaking study of …
Circles of Care
Work and Identity in Women's Lives
Av Emily K. Abel, Margaret K. Nelson
Häftad, 1990
487 kr
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Explores the experience of women providing care to children, disabled persons, the chronically ill, and the frail elderly.This work examines the experience of women providing care to children, disabled persons, the chronically ill, and the frail elderly. It differs from most writing about …
Tuberculosis and the Politics of Exclusion
A History of Public Health and Migration to Los Angeles
Häftad, 2007
456 kr
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Winner of the 2008 Arthur J. Viseltear Prize from the American Public Health Association and Nominated for the 2008 William H. Welch Medal, AAHMThough notorious for its polluted air today, the city of Los Angeles once touted itself as a health resort. After the arrival of the transcontinental …
Prelude to Hospice
Florence Wald, Dying People, and Their Families
Inbunden, 2018
558 kr
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Hospices have played a critical role in transforming ideas about death and dying. Viewing death as a natural event, hospices seek to enable people approaching mortality to live as fully and painlessly as possible. Award-winning medical historian Emily K. Abel provides insight into several important …
Prelude to Hospice
Florence Wald, Dying People, and Their Families
Häftad, 2020
260 kr
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Hospices have played a critical role in transforming ideas about death and dying. Viewing death as a natural event, hospices seek to enable people approaching mortality to live as fully and painlessly as possible. Award-winning medical historian Emily K. Abel provides insight into several important …
Limited Choices
Mable Jones, a Black Children's Nurse in a Northern White Household
Av Emily K. Abel, Margaret K. Nelson
Inbunden, 2021
297 kr
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When interviewed by the Charlottesville, Virginia, Ridge Street Oral History Project, which documented the lives of Black residents in the 1990s, Mable Jones described herself as a children’s nurse, recounting her employment in New York City in the 1940s and 1950s. Emily Abel and Margaret Nelson, …
Limited Choices
Mable Jones, a Black Children''s Nurse in a Northern White Household
Av Margaret K. Nelson, Emily K. Abel
E-bok, 2021
282 kr
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When interviewed by the Charlottesville, Virginia, Ridge Street Oral History Project, which documented the lives of Black residents in the 1990s, Mable Jones described herself as a children’s nurse, recounting her employment in New York City in the 1940s and 1950s. Emily Abel and Margaret Nelson, …
After the Cure
The Untold Stories of Breast Cancer Survivors
Av Emily K. Abel, Saskia K. Subramanian
Inbunden, 2008
1265 kr
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2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title2009 Association of American University Presses Award for Jacket DesignThe stories of 70 women living in the aftermath of breast cancerChemo brain. Fatigue. Chronic pain. Insomnia. Depression. These are just a few of the ongoing, debilitating symptoms that …
After the Cure
The Untold Stories of Breast Cancer Survivors
Av Emily K. Abel, Saskia K. Subramanian
Häftad, 2010
384 kr
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2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title2009 Association of American University Presses Award for Jacket DesignThe stories of 70 women living in the aftermath of breast cancerChemo brain. Fatigue. Chronic pain. Insomnia. Depression. These are just a few of the ongoing, debilitating symptoms that …
Inevitable Hour
A History of Caring for Dying Patients in America
Inbunden, 2013
343 kr
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At the turn of the twentieth century, medicine's imperative to cure disease increasingly took priority over the demand to relieve pain and suffering at the end of life. Filled with heartbreaking stories, The Inevitable Hour demonstrates that professional attention and resources gradually were …
Living in Death’s Shadow
Family Experiences of Terminal Care and Irreplaceable Loss
Inbunden, 2017
511 kr
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What is it like to live with-and love-someone whose death, while delayed, is nevertheless foretold? In Living in Death's Shadow, Emily K. Abel, an expert on the history of death and dying, examines memoirs written between 1965 and 2014 by family members of people who died from chronic disease. In …
Inevitable Hour
A History of Caring for Dying Patients in America
Häftad, 2017
304 kr
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At the turn of the twentieth century, medicine's imperative to cure disease increasingly took priority over the demand to relieve pain and suffering at the end of life. Filled with heartbreaking stories, The Inevitable Hour demonstrates that professional attention and resources gradually were …
Sick and Tired
An Intimate History of Fatigue
Inbunden, 2021
1163 kr
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Medicine finally has discovered fatigue. Recent articles about various diseases conclude that fatigue has been underrecognized, underdiagnosed, and undertreated. Scholars in the social sciences and humanities have also ignored the phenomenon. As a result, we know little about what it means to live …
Sick and Tired
An Intimate History of Fatigue
E-bok, 2021
2140 kr
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Medicine finally has discovered fatigue. Recent articles about various diseases conclude that fatigue has been underrecognized, underdiagnosed, and undertreated. Scholars in the social sciences and humanities have also ignored the phenomenon. As a result, we know little about what it means to live …
Sick and Tired
An Intimate History of Fatigue
Häftad, 2021
256 kr
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Medicine finally has discovered fatigue. Recent articles about various diseases conclude that fatigue has been underrecognized, underdiagnosed, and undertreated. Scholars in the social sciences and humanities have also ignored the phenomenon. As a result, we know little about what it means to live …
Elder Care in Crisis
How the Social Safety Net Fails Families
Inbunden, 2022
740 kr
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Explains why there is a crisis in caring for elderly people and how the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated itBecause government policies are based on an ethic of family responsibility, repeated calls to support family members caring for the burgeoning elderly population have gone unanswered. Without …
Elder Care in Crisis
How the Social Safety Net Fails Families
Häftad, 2022
342 kr
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Explains why there is a crisis in caring for elderly people and how the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated itBecause government policies are based on an ethic of family responsibility, repeated calls to support family members caring for the burgeoning elderly population have gone unanswered. Without …
Gluten Free for Life
Celiac Disease, Medical Recognition, and the Food Industry
Inbunden, 2025
1046 kr
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A groundbreaking exploration of celiac disease, a serious autoimmune condition that affects approximately three million Americans, or 1 percent of the populationThe manifestations of celiac disease–including anemia, gastrointestinal problems, and infertility–are diverse and can have severe …
Gluten Free for Life
Celiac Disease, Medical Recognition, and the Food Industry
Häftad, 2025
334 kr
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A groundbreaking exploration of celiac disease, a serious autoimmune condition that affects approximately three million Americans, or 1 percent of the populationThe manifestations of celiac disease–including anemia, gastrointestinal problems, and infertility–are diverse and can have severe …
Listening to Dementia
Advocating for Dignity and Autonomy
Inbunden, 2026
1152 kr
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How dementia affects those living with the condition, their carers, and their advocacyIn Listening to Dementia, Emily K. Abel demonstrates that recognizing the voices of people with dementia can fundamentally alter our understanding of both their lived experience and the discourse surrounding their …
Listening to Dementia
Advocating for Dignity and Autonomy
Häftad, 2026
314 kr
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How dementia affects those living with the condition, their carers, and their advocacyIn Listening to Dementia, Emily K. Abel demonstrates that recognizing the voices of people with dementia can fundamentally alter our understanding of both their lived experience and the discourse surrounding their …
Farm & Wilderness Summer Camps
Progressive Ideals in the Twentieth Century
Av Emily K. Abel, Margaret K. Nelson
Häftad, 2023
311 kr
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Although summer camps profoundly impact children, they have received little attention from scholars. The well-known Farm & Wilderness (F&W) camps, founded in 1939 by Ken and Susan Webb, resembled most other private camps of the same period in many ways, but F&W also had some distinctive features. …
Farm & Wilderness Summer Camps
Progressive Ideals in the Twentieth Century
Av Emily K. Abel, Margaret K. Nelson
Inbunden, 2023
1804 kr
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Although summer camps profoundly impact children, they have received little attention from scholars. The well-known Farm & Wilderness (F&W) camps, founded in 1939 by Ken and Susan Webb, resembled most other private camps of the same period in many ways, but F&W also had some distinctive features. …
Sick and Tired
An Intimate History of Fatigue
E-bok, 2021
214 kr
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Medicine finally has discovered fatigue. Recent articles about various diseases conclude that fatigue has been underrecognized, underdiagnosed, and undertreated. Scholars in the social sciences and humanities have also ignored the phenomenon. As a result, we know little about what it means to live …
Sick and Tired
An Intimate History of Fatigue
E-bok, 2021
2140 kr
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Medicine finally has discovered fatigue. Recent articles about various diseases conclude that fatigue has been underrecognized, underdiagnosed, and undertreated. Scholars in the social sciences and humanities have also ignored the phenomenon. As a result, we know little about what it means to live …
Suffering in the Land of Sunshine
A Los Angeles Illness Narrative
Häftad, 2006
455 kr
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The history of medicine is much more than the story of doctors, nurses, and hospitals. Seeking to understand the patient’s perspective, historians scour the archives, searching for rare personal accounts. Bringing together a trove of more than 400 family letters by Charles Dwight Willard, Suffering …
