| Wide Neighborhoods-Pa Contributor(s): Breckinridge, Mary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813101492 ISBN-13: 9780813101491 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1981 Annotation: "The autobiography of Mary Breckinridge, the remarkable founder of the Frontier Nursing Service. Riding out on horseback, the FNS nurse-midwives, the first of their profession in this country, proved that high mortality rates and malnutrition need not be the norm in rural areas. By their example and through their graduates, the FNS has exacted a lasting influence on family health care throughout the world." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | History - Biography & Autobiography | Medical (incl. Patients) |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 81050181 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.5" W x 8.56" (1.05 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Wide Neighborhoods is the autobiography of Mary Breckinridge, the remarkable founder of the Frontier Nursing Service. It is equally the story of the unique organization she founded in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky in 1925 -- the Frontier Nursing Service. Riding out on horseback, the FNS nurse-midwives, the first of their profession in this country, proved that high mortality rates and malnutrition need not be the norm in remote rural areas. The FNS, through its example and through the graduates of tis school of midwifery and family nursing, has exerted a lasting influence on family health care throughout the world. |