TY  - BOOK
AU  - Laurinda Abreu
AU  - Sally Sheard
PY  - 2013
CY  - Oxford, United Kingdom
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783035305173
TI  - Hospital Life
T2  - Theory and Practice from the Medieval to the Modern
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-0353-0517-3
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1052576
N2  - This edited volume originates in the 2011 conference of the International Network for the History of Hospitals, held in Lisbon and Évora, Portugal. It focuses on how institutions for the care and cure of the sick have organised their activities at every level, from the delegation of medical treatments between groups of practitioners, to the provision of food and supplies and the impact of convalescence on lengths of hospital stays. It draws on new European and North American research which highlights an area of medical history that has not yet had adequate, sustained attention, discussing the tensions between theory and practice and between patients and practitioners. Through detailed case studies and comparative analyses it explores the changing and evolving understanding of the function of hospitals, and their wider relationships with their communities.
KW  - cure, food, history, care
LA  - English
ER  -