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Mary Breckinridge: The Frontier Nursing Service and Rural Health in Appalachia
Mary Breckinridge The Frontier Nursing Service and Rural Health in Appalachia
Author: Melanie Beals Goan
In 1925 Mary Breckinridge (1881-1965) founded the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS), a public health organization in eastern Kentucky providing nurses on horseback to reach families who otherwise would not receive health care. Through this public health organization, she introduced nurse-midwifery to the United States and created a highly successfu...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780807832110
ISBN-10: 0807832111
Publication Date: 6/2/2008
Pages: 360
Edition: 1
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Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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