A history of the charity hospitals of Louisiana
Subtitle: a study of poverty, politics, public health, and the public interest
By: Jonathan Roberts and Thomas J. Durant, Jr. ; with a foreword by Michael Butler
Contributors: Durant, Thomas J., 1941-
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lewiston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9780773438866
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-325) and index.
Table of contents: title: Early development of public hospitals in the United States and Louisiana, 1735-1876; title: History of public hospitals in the United States : an overview; title: Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans; title: Louisiana State University Hospital at Shreveport; title: Charity hospitals in Louisiana, 1938-1951; title: Huey P. Long Medical Center at Pineville; title: University Medical Center at Lafayette; title: Lallie Kemp Medical Center at Independence; title: E.A. Conway Medical Center at Monroe; title: Bogalusa Medical Center at Bogalusa; title: Charity hospitals in Louisiana, 1958-1978; title: W.O. Moss Regional Medical Center at Lake Charles; title: Earl K. Long Medical Center at Baton Rouge; title: Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center at Houma; title: The impact of race, gender, and class on the development of charity hospitals in Louisiana; title: African Americans in the charity hospitals; title: Women in the charity hospitals; title: The poor in the charity hospitals; title: The future of charity hospitals in the twenty-first century; title: The impact of hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the charity hospital system; title: Conclusion: Enduring legacy, new challenges.