Wall, Barbra Mann. <br/><br/>
Unlikely Entrepreneurs :   Catholic Sisters and the Hospital Marketplace, 1865-1925 /  
Barbra Mann Wall. 
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<br/><br/>Catholic sisters in the hospital marketplace: the genesis -- "All the advantages of a religious life": religion, gender, and new public roles -- "Not the traditional institution": Catholic sisters in the hospital marketplace, 1854-1880 -- "An institution for the community and not narrowly sectarian": Catholic hospitals, 1880-1925 -- "Debts are our only wealth": financing and marketing Catholic hospitals -- Religion, gender, and autonomy in Catholic hospitals -- "Our heels are praying very hard all day": nursing in Catholic hospitals -- Power sharing: business negotiations in Catholic hospitals -- Addressing the times: nuns and the standardization movement. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780814272947 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pastoral medicine--Catholic Church.<br/>Monasticism and religious orders for women.<br/>Catholic hospitals--Administration.<br/>RELIGION / General<br/>Medecine--Histoire--19e siecle.<br/>Medecine--Histoire--20e siecle.<br/>Hôpitaux catholiques--Administration--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siecle.<br/>Hôpitaux catholiques--Administration--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siecle.<br/>Monachisme et ordres religieux feminins--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siecle.<br/>Monachisme et ordres religieux feminins--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siecle.<br/>Medecine pastorale--Église catholique--Histoire--19e siecle.<br/>Medecine pastorale--Église catholique--Histoire--20e siecle.<br/>Catholicism<br/>History, 19th Century<br/>History, 20th Century<br/>Hospitals, Religious--economics<br/>Hospitals, Religious--history<br/>Catholic hospitals--Administration--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Catholic hospitals--Administration--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Monasticism and religious orders for women--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Monasticism and religious orders for women--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Pastoral medicine--Catholic Church--History--19th century.<br/>Pastoral medicine--Catholic Church--History--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.<br/>United States
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.<br/>Electronic books.