Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/g5eWLs Hospital Life Theory and Practice from the Medieval to the Modern By: Laurinda Abreu Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Print ISBN: 9783034308847, 3034308841 eText ISBN: 9783035305173, 303530517X Edition: 1st Format: PDF Available from $ 84.95 USD SKU 9783035305173 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.
