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Rise of the Modern Hospital

Author : Jeanne Kisacky
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822981610
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Rise of the Modern Hospital written by Jeanne Kisacky and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2017-12-02 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rise of the Modern Hospital is a focused examination of hospital design in the United States from the 1870s through the 1940s. This understudied period witnessed profound changes in hospitals as they shifted from last charitable resorts for the sick poor to premier locations of cutting-edge medical treatment for all classes, and from low-rise decentralized facilities to high-rise centralized structures. Jeanne Kisacky reveals the changing role of the hospital within the city, the competing claims of doctors and architects for expertise in hospital design, and the influence of new medical theories and practices on established traditions. She traces the dilemma designers faced between creating an environment that could function as a therapy in and of itself and an environment that was essentially a tool for the facilitation of increasingly technologically assisted medical procedures. Heavily illustrated with floor plans, drawings, and photographs, this book considers the hospital building as both a cultural artifact, revelatory of external medical and social change, and a cultural determinant, actively shaping what could and did take place within hospitals.

Bellevue

Author : David Oshinsky
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 038554085X
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Bellevue written by David Oshinsky and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian comes a riveting history of New York's iconic public hospital that charts the turbulent rise of American medicine. Bellevue Hospital, on New York City's East Side, occupies a colorful and horrifying place in the public imagination: a den of mangled crime victims, vicious psychopaths, assorted derelicts, lunatics, and exotic-disease sufferers. In its two and a half centuries of service, there was hardly an epidemic or social catastrophe—or groundbreaking scientific advance—that did not touch Bellevue. David Oshinsky, whose last book, Polio: An American Story, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, chronicles the history of America's oldest hospital and in so doing also charts the rise of New York to the nation's preeminent city, the path of American medicine from butchery and quackery to a professional and scientific endeavor, and the growth of a civic institution. From its origins in 1738 as an almshouse and pesthouse, Bellevue today is a revered public hospital bringing first-class care to anyone in need. With its diverse, ailing, and unprotesting patient population, the hospital was a natural laboratory for the nation's first clinical research. It treated tens of thousands of Civil War soldiers, launched the first civilian ambulance corps and the first nursing school for women, pioneered medical photography and psychiatric treatment, and spurred New York City to establish the country's first official Board of Health. As medical technology advanced, "voluntary" hospitals began to seek out patients willing to pay for their care. For charity cases, it was left to Bellevue to fill the void. The latter decades of the twentieth century brought rampant crime, drug addiction, and homelessness to the nation's struggling cities—problems that called a public hospital's very survival into question. It took the AIDS crisis to cement Bellevue's enduring place as New York's ultimate safety net, the iconic hospital of last resort. Lively, page-turning, fascinating, Bellevue is essential American history.

Hudson River State Hospital

Author : Joseph Galante
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439664951
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Hudson River State Hospital written by Joseph Galante and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 141 years, Hudson River State Hospital was home to tens of thousands of individuals suffering from mental illness. The facility grew from a 208-acre parcel in 1871 with seven patients to 752 acres with five dozen separate buildings containing nearly 6,000 patients in 1954. The main building was constructed on a Kirkbride plan, a treating philosophy centered around an ornate building of equal proportions staffed by employees who integrated dignity and compassion into health care. Famous architects Frederick Clark Withers and Calvert Vaux drafted the main building in 1869. The landscape was penned by Frederick Law Olmstead, perhaps best known for the design of New York City's Central Park.

The Future of Public Health

Author : Committee for the Study of the Future of Public Health
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309581907
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book The Future of Public Health written by Committee for the Study of the Future of Public Health and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1988-01-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Nation has lost sight of its public health goals and has allowed the system of public health to fall into 'disarray'," from The Future of Public Health. This startling book contains proposals for ensuring that public health service programs are efficient and effective enough to deal not only with the topics of today, but also with those of tomorrow. In addition, the authors make recommendations for core functions in public health assessment, policy development, and service assurances, and identify the level of government--federal, state, and local--at which these functions would best be handled.

Permeable Walls

Author : Graham Mooney
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9042025999
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Permeable Walls written by Graham Mooney and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2009 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first book devoted to the history of hospital- and asylum-visiting covering the 18th to the late-20th centuries and taking case studies from around the globe, the authors demonstrate that hospitals and asylums could be remarkably permeable institutions.

The Planning of a modern hospital

Author : Christian Rasmus Holmes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Planning of a modern hospital written by Christian Rasmus Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Political Economy of the Hospital in History

Author : Martin Gorsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781862181861
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (818 download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of the Hospital in History written by Martin Gorsky and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern hospital is at once the site of healing, the locus of medical learning and a cornerstone of the welfare state. Its technological and infrastructural costs have transformed health services into one of today's fastest growing sectors, absorbing substantial proportions of national income in both developed and emerging economies. The aim of this book is to examine this growth in different countries, with a main focus on the twentieth century, and also with a backward glance to earlier shaping forces. It will explore the hospital's economic history, the relationship between public and private forms of provision, and the political context in which health systems were constructed. The collection advances the historical world map of different hospital models, ranging across Spain, Brazil, Germany, East and Central Europe, Britain, the United States and China. Collectively, these comparative cases illuminate the complexities involved in each country and bring new historical evidence to current debates on health care organisation, financing and reform.

Queen Square: A History of the National Hospital and its Institute of Neurology

Author : Simon Shorvon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107100828
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Book Synopsis Queen Square: A History of the National Hospital and its Institute of Neurology by : Simon Shorvon

Download or read book Queen Square: A History of the National Hospital and its Institute of Neurology written by Simon Shorvon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-08 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of the National Hospital, Queen Square, and its Institute, placed within the context of British neurology.

The Hospital in History

Author : Lindsay Patricia Granshaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hospital in History written by Lindsay Patricia Granshaw and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hospital today is seen as the pinnacle of medical care, incorporating advanced machinery, devoted staff and dedicated doctors, yet it is sometimes castigated as wasteful and interventionist. Even so, the hospital has become central to the medical care of rich and poor alike, but this was not always the case. "The Hospital in History" casts light on what the hospital meant at different times and places over its history.

The History and Heritage of St James's Hospital, Dublin

Author : Davis Coakley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781846826078
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The History and Heritage of St James's Hospital, Dublin written by Davis Coakley and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of St James's Hospital stretches back to 1703 when an act was passed to build a workhouse on its site. Later a foundling hospital was added to the workhouse. When the Foundling Hospital was closed in 1829 the buildings were used to house the South Dublin Union Workhouse, which was commandeered during Easter Week 1916. After Independence, the South Dublin Union was renamed St Kevin's Hospital, becoming a municipal hospital for the poor of the city. In 1971 three of the oldest voluntary hospitals in Dublin amalgamated with St Kevin's to form St James's Hospital. In little time, St James's Hospital became the largest teaching hospital in Ireland. This book describes the history of these developments and their impact on Dublin.

Bittersweet Memories

Author : Gary L. Lisman
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1412033365
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Bittersweet Memories written by Gary L. Lisman and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to understand what really happened at the Peoria State Hospital during its fascinating history and to do so as accurately as possible. In the end, the individual reader will be allowed to draw his or her own conclusions regarding the hospital and those who call it their "home."

The Medieval Hospital and Medical Practice

Author : Barbara S. Bowers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351885731
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book The Medieval Hospital and Medical Practice written by Barbara S. Bowers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using an innovative approach to evidence for the medieval hospital and medical practice, this collection of essays presents new research by leading international scholars in creating a holistic look at the hospital as an environment within a social and intellectual context. The research presented creates insights into practice, medicines, administration, foundation, regulation, patronage, theory, and spirituality. Looking at differing models of hospital administration between 13th century France and Spain, social context is explored. Seen from the perspective of the history of Knights of the Order of Saint Lazarus, and Order of the Temple, hospital and practice have a different emphasis. Extant medieval hospitals at Tonnerre and Winchester become the basis for exploring form and function in relation to health theory (spiritual and non-spiritual) as well as the influence of patronage and social context. In the case of the Ospedale Maggiore in Milan, this line of argument is taken further to demonstrate aspects of the building based on a concept of epidemiology. Evidence for the practice of medicine presented in these essays comes from a variety of sources and approaches such as remedy books, medical texts, recorded practice, and by making parallels with folk medicine. Archaeological evidence indicates both religious and non religious medical intervention while skeletal remains reveal both pathology and evidence of treatment.

Grossmont Hospital: A Legacy of Community Service

Author : James D. Newland
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625859341
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Grossmont Hospital: A Legacy of Community Service written by James D. Newland and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early 1952, eastern San Diego County's citizens voted overwhelmingly to establish the Grossmont Hospital District. Local civic leaders and physicians envisioned it as the vehicle for building a modern hospital to address the healthcare needs of their rapidly growing post - World War II communities. In August 1955, the district subsequently opened Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa. For the next sixty-five years, the institution grew to to server suburban and rural residents spread over the 750-square-mile district. In dealing with the daunting challenges of modern healthcare, the governing board entered a precedent-setting lease for hospital operations with San Diego-based non profit Sharp HealthCare in 1991. Historian James D. Newland has partnered with Grossmont Hospital and the Grossmont Healthcare District in chronicling the inspiring story of this iconic regional institution.--

A History of the Massachusetts General Hospital

Author : Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Massachusetts General Hospital written by Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A History of the Massachusetts General Hospital

Author : N. Bowditch
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 336815222X
Total Pages : 769 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (681 download)

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Download or read book A History of the Massachusetts General Hospital written by N. Bowditch and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-02-05 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original.

Haven on the Hill

Author : Marjorie O'Rorke
Publisher : North Carolina Division of Archives & History
ISBN 13 : 9780865263321
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (633 download)

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Download or read book Haven on the Hill written by Marjorie O'Rorke and published by North Carolina Division of Archives & History. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haven on the Hill tells the story of Dix Hill (or Dorothea Dix Hospital, as it became known in 1959) from Dorothea Lynde Dix's investigative trip to North Carolina in 1848 to the debate over the property's future following the proposed closing of the hospital in the early 21st century.

The Hospital

Author : John D. Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300018295
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (182 download)

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Download or read book The Hospital written by John D. Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the hospital ward, also called the nursing unit or inpatient unit. Part 1 gives a history of nursing unit floor plans since roman times. Part 2 reviews contemporary planning problems. Part 3 contains the yale studies in hospital function and design, concerned with hospital problems of today. Part 4 considers the structure and possible future applications of the concept of progressive patient care.