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cover of Newer Dimensions of Patient Care: Patients as People

Newer Dimensions of Patient Care

Patients as People

Esther Lucile Brown

Russell Sage Foundation, 1964

Emphasizing the importance of the psychosocial and cultural background of the individual patient, the final study suggests methods of acquiring this information and the ways in which the staff can then utilize these findings to best advantage both in initial contact and in planning comprehensive patient care.
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cover of Nourish the People: The State Civilian Granary System in China, 1650–1850

Nourish the People

The State Civilian Granary System in China, 1650–1850

Pierre-Etienne Will and R. Bin Wong; With James Lee; Contributions by Jean Oi and Peter Perdue

University of Michigan Press, 1991

The Qing state, driven by Confucian precepts of good government and urgent practical needs, committed vast resources to its granaries. Nourish the People traces the basic practices of this system, analyzes the organizational bases of its successes and failures, and examines variant practices in different regions. The volume concludes with an assessment of the granary system’s social and economic impact and historical comparison with the food supply policies of other states.
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