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Mary Breckinridge: The Frontier Nursing Service and Rural Health in Appalachia Melanie Beals Goan New edition
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Mary Breckinridge: The Frontier Nursing Service and Rural Health in Appalachia
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. This book presents a comprehensive biography of a health-care pioneer.
360 pages, 12 illustrations, notes, bibl., index
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 30, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780807832110 |
| Publishers | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Pages | 360 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 235 × 27 mm · 667 g |
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