The People’s Hospital (A History of McCords, Durban, 1890s-1970s)

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출판사
African Books Collective
출판일
20170809
ISBN
9780992176693
ISBN 등록 지역
영어권 (ISBN 978-0)

소개

Durban's McCord Hospital, this book argues, is one of the most important hospitals of the twentieth century. Founded 'for the Zulu' in 1909 by American Christian missionaries, Dr James B. McCord and Margaret Mellen McCord, for more than a century it was a centre of affordable health care for the under privileged of many faiths, cultures and political persuasions. It also pioneered the training of black nurses, midwives and doctors and was supported by prominent figures such as John L.