books by Sheila M. Rothman

books by Sheila M. Rothman

books:

Sheila M. Rothman

Living in the Shadow of Death: Tuberculosis and the Social Experience of Illness in American History

Sheila M. Rothman

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995

Fascinating, informative...and overwhelmingly sad
"[T]uberculosis was the leading cause of death in the United States throughout the nineteenth century and well into the twentieth. From 1800 to 1870 tuberculosis was responsible for one out of every five deaths. Paying little attention to geography, social class, or ...

Trust Is Not Enough: Bringing Human Rights to Medicine
David J. Rothman, Sheila M. Rothman

New York Review Books, 2005

A number of international declarations have proclaimed that healthcare is a fundamental human right. But if we accept this broad commitment, how should we define the state's responsibility for the health of its citizens? Although there is growing debate over this issue, there are few books that provide engaging accounts of critical incidents, ...

The Worth of Women's Work - First Edition (A Qualitative Synthesis)
MARY ROMERO, EVELYN NAKANO GLENN, ...

SUNY Press; Albany, NY, 1988

Contents: ixi. INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS 1. Women's Approach to Work: The Creation of Knowledge... 2. The Integration Work: A Second-order Analysis of Qualitative Research... ii. DOING WHAT COMES NATURALLY? THE CARETAKER ROLE 3. Social Policy and Everyday Life in Nursing Homes: A Critical Ethnography... 4. A Belated Industry Revisited: Domestic ...

The Willowbrook Wars

David J. Rothman, Sheila M. Rothman

Harpercollins, 1984

A "Must Read"
You would think that helping those with special developmental needs is a no-brainer. Often though, it takes intuition, persistence and a passionate resolve to cut through institutional red tape and push through the social barriers that stand in the way of bringing ...