For a Child's Sake : History of the Children's Hospital, Denver, Colorado, 1910-1990

Chronicles the 80-year history of the hospital's remarkable transformation from an neighborhood facility into a multistate regional institution, providing nearly $200 million in medical care and employing 2,000 people. Includes numerous b&w photos. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. The Children's Hospital Opened In Denver, Colorado In 1910, Due To The Efforts Of A Determined Group Of Women. This Book, First Published In 1994, Chronicles The Hospital's History As It Transformed From An Intimate Neighborhood Facility To A Multi-state Regional Institution With State-of-the-art Care For Children. In The Beginning -- A Hospital Is Born -- The Hospital Takes Wings, 1925-1940 -- World War Ii And Peacetime Growth, 1940-1958 -- Emergence Of A Modern Institution, 1959-1975 -- Promises And Perils Of Modernization -- Postscript. Rickey Hendricks And Mark S. Foster. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.