Mending Bodies, Saving Souls - A History of Hospitals (Hardcover)

By chronicling the transformations of hospitals from houses of mercy to tools for confinement, from dwellings of rehabilitation to spaces for clinical teaching and research, from rooms for birthing and dying to institutions of science and technology, this book provides a historical approach to understanding of today's hospitals. The story is told in a dozen episodes which illustrate hospitals in particular times and places, covering important themes and developments in the history of medicine and therapeutics, from ancient Greece to the era of AIDS. This book furnishes a unique insight into the world of meanings and emotions associated with hospital life and patienthood by including narratives by both patients and care givers. By conceiving of hospitals as houses of order capable of taming the chaos associated with suffering, illness, and death, we can better understand the significance of their ritualized routines and rules. From their beginnings, hospitals were places of spiritual and physical recovery. They should continue to respond to all human needs. As traditional testimonials to human empathy and benevolence, hospitals must endure as spaces of healing.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 1999
First published:	April 1999
Authors:	Guenter B. Risse (Professor and Chairman, Department of the History and Philosophy of Health Sciences)
Dimensions:	242 x 174 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	736
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-505523-8
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-505523-3
Barcode:	9780195055238

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