Importing Care, Faithful Service

STEPHEN M. CHERRY is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Houston–Clear Lake in Texas. He is the author of Faith, Family, and Filipino American Community Life (Rutgers University Press).  .

• Chapter One: Veterans and a Crisis of CareChapter Two: Colonialism, Christian Culture and Nursing CareChapter Three: New American BattlefieldsChapter Four: Understanding and Coping with the Trauma of WarChapter Five: Faith and the Practice of CareChapter Six: Extending Health and Care to CommunityChapter Seven: Who Will Care for America?

This book is important for its examination of the role of Catholicism within the context of nursing in a U.S. government hospital. It will capture the attention of many audiences as we think about what it means to be Catholic and Asian American in the United States today. How Filipino and Indian American nurses have influenced nursing in America, and how they, in turn, have been challenged by American culture are vital issues of study.— Barbra Mann Wall, author of American Catholic Hospitals: A Century of Changing Markets and Missions"Cherry does an excellent job bringing us inside the experiences of nurses working at the Houston VA and putting their work there—and the VA itself—in broader historical contexts. The material gathered and shared is richly descriptive and informative. Every chapter made me think about something I had not before, and to consider the experiences of healthcare providers in new ways."— Wendy Cadge, author of Religion on the Edge: De-centering and Re-centering the Sociology of Religion"Cherry does an excellent job bringing us inside the experiences of nurses working at the Houston VA and putting their work there—and the VA itself—in broader historical contexts. The material gathered and shared is richly descriptive and informative. Every chapter made me think about something I had not before, and to consider the experiences of healthcare providers in new ways."— Wendy Cadge, author of Religion on the Edge: De-centering and Re-centering the Sociology of ReligionThis book is important for its examination of the role of Catholicism within the context of nursing in a U.S. government hospital. It will capture the attention of many audiences as we think about what it means to be Catholic and Asian American in the United States today. How Filipino and Indian American nurses have influenced nursing in America, and how they, in turn, have been challenged by American culture are vital issues of study.— Barbra Mann Wall, author of American Catholic Hospitals: A Century of Changing Markets and Missions