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- catalog abstract "No One Was Turned Away is a book about the importance of public hospitals to New York City. At a time when less and less value seems to be placed on public institutions, argues author Sandra Opdycke, it is both useful and prudent to consider what this particular set of public institutions has meant to this particular city over the last hundred years, and to ponder what its loss might mean as well. Opdycke suggests that if these public hospitals close or convert to private management - as is currently being discussed - then a vital element of the civic life of New York City will be irretrievably lost. The story is told primarily through the history of Bellevue Hospital, the largest public hospital in the city and the oldest in the nation. Following Bellevue through the twentieth century, Opdycke meticulously charts the fluctuating fortunes of the city's public hospital system and how medical technology, urban politics, changing immigration patterns, economic booms and busts, labor unions, health insurance, Medicaid, and managed care have interacted to shape both the social and professional environments of New York's public hospitals. Bellevue now faces financial and political pressures so acute that its very future is in doubt. Opdycke's book maintains that public hospitals will be as essential in the future as they have been in the past. This is a thoughtful and well-written study that will appeal to anyone interested in the history of medicine, public policy, urban affairs, or the City of New York.".
- catalog contributor b10902957.
- catalog coverage "New York City".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-235) and index.".
- catalog description "New Century, New Start: 1900-1910 -- Maintaining the Mission: 1910-1930 -- Help in Time of Trouble: 1930-1950 -- Many Voices, Many Claims: 1950-1965 -- The Limits of Reform: 1965-1970 -- Holding the Fort: After 1970.".
- catalog description "No One Was Turned Away is a book about the importance of public hospitals to New York City. At a time when less and less value seems to be placed on public institutions, argues author Sandra Opdycke, it is both useful and prudent to consider what this particular set of public institutions has meant to this particular city over the last hundred years, and to ponder what its loss might mean as well. Opdycke suggests that if these public hospitals close or convert to private management - as is currently being discussed - then a vital element of the civic life of New York City will be irretrievably lost.".
- catalog description "Opdycke's book maintains that public hospitals will be as essential in the future as they have been in the past. This is a thoughtful and well-written study that will appeal to anyone interested in the history of medicine, public policy, urban affairs, or the City of New York.".
- catalog description "The story is told primarily through the history of Bellevue Hospital, the largest public hospital in the city and the oldest in the nation. Following Bellevue through the twentieth century, Opdycke meticulously charts the fluctuating fortunes of the city's public hospital system and how medical technology, urban politics, changing immigration patterns, economic booms and busts, labor unions, health insurance, Medicaid, and managed care have interacted to shape both the social and professional environments of New York's public hospitals. Bellevue now faces financial and political pressures so acute that its very future is in doubt.".
- catalog extent "x, 244 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0195119509 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "New York (State) New York".
- catalog spatial "New York City".
- catalog subject "1999 C-574".
- catalog subject "362.1/1/09747109049 21".
- catalog subject "Hospital care New York (State) New York History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Hospitals, Public New York (State) New York History.".
- catalog subject "Hospitals, Public history".
- catalog subject "Multihospital systems New York (State) New York History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Public Health New York (State) New York History.".
- catalog subject "Public Health history".
- catalog subject "Public hospitals New York (State) New York History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Public welfare New York (State) New York History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "RA982.N49 O63 1999".
- catalog subject "WX 27 AN7 O61n 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "New Century, New Start: 1900-1910 -- Maintaining the Mission: 1910-1930 -- Help in Time of Trouble: 1930-1950 -- Many Voices, Many Claims: 1950-1965 -- The Limits of Reform: 1965-1970 -- Holding the Fort: After 1970.".
- catalog title "No one was turned away : the role of public hospitals in New York City since 1900 / Sandra Opdycke.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".