Bargaining for Life: A Social History of Tuberculosis, 1876-1938

Barbara Bates

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1992

Bargaining for Life

A Social History of Tuberculosis, 1876-1938

Barbara Bates

In the series Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512800296

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About this book

In Bargaining for Life, Barbara Bates documents the human story of tuberculosis by chronicling how men and women attempted to cope with the illness, get treatment, earn their living, and maintain social relationships.

Author / Editor information

Barbara Bates (1928-2002) was a physician who studied history at the University of Kansas and the University of Pennsylvania, where she taught internal medicine and nursing. She developed and wrote a guide to patient history taking that has become the standard text for medical students.

Reviews

"Bates's book is an important contribution to the social history of disease…It will be essential for scholars in other areas of American social history as well."—Journal of American History

"A rigorous, careful study of the medical and institutional history of the disease and organized efforts against it."—Bulletin of the History of Medicine

"This important and engrossing book is a state-of-the-art example of mature social history of medicine."—Science

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Tuberculosis and the Beginnings of Change, 1876-1903
1. Doctor Flick and Tuberculosis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. The Quest and the Treatment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3. Helping Poor Consumptives Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
4. Life as a Patient Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
5. A Camp in the Mountains: The Beginnings of the White Haven Sanatorium Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Part II. New Systems of Care, 1903—1917
6. Research, Training, and Patient Care: The Henry Phipps Institute Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
7. Achievement and Disappointment at the Institute Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
8. Expansion at White Haven Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
9. Economy, Charity, and the State Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
10. The Private Sanatoriums Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
11. Attention, Care, and Doctor's Orders: Tuberculosis Nursing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
12. The Final Years of George E. Macklin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
13. Into the Homes, Minds, and Lives of the Poor: Visiting Nurses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
14. Persuasion, Choice, and Circumstance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
Part III. Adjustments and Compromise, 1914—1938
15. Waiting Lists and Empty Beds Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
16. “P.S. I Am ... Colored” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	288
Part IV. A Retrospective View
17. The Decline of Tuberculosis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
18. Conclusions and Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	328
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
Bibliography of Selected Secondary Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	417
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	423

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 456
Illustrations
- Other: 42 illus.
Keywords: Medicine; History; Health; Caregiving

eBook

Published: July 27, 2015
ISBN: 9781512800296