Reviews
Anyone interested in understanding the origins of our ambivalent relationship with home care will find Karen Buhler-Wilkerson's book invaluable.
A compelling history with profound contemporary relevance.
Documents the persistence of the issues with which home-care agencies still struggle today.
This is a well-researched and balanced work that will capture the readers' interest... It is a wonderful addition to nursing historiography.
More than a history of a specialized branch of nursing, Karen Buhler-Wilkerson's book is a study of American values and priorities.
Book Details
Part I. Inventing Home Care in the Nineteenth Century
Trained Nurses for the Sick Poor
Creating Their Own Domain: Ladies, Nurses, and the Sick Poor
Part II. The Work and Reality"Treatment of Families in
Part I. Inventing Home Care in the Nineteenth Century
Trained Nurses for the Sick Poor
Creating Their Own Domain: Ladies, Nurses, and the Sick Poor
Part II. The Work and Reality"Treatment of Families in Which There Is Sickness"
Caring in Its Proper Place: Race Relations at Home
Lillian Wald and the Invention of Public Health Nursing
Home Nursing Care - Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: A Photo Essay
Part III. Management and MoneyThe Business of Private Nursing
A Cautionary Tale: The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's Home Care Experiment
Part IV. Reinventing Home Care in the Mid-Twentieth Century
"An Unchanging Purpose in a Changing World"
Home Care Becomes the Fashion - Again
Epilogue: The Future of Home Care