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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826017903321

Autore

Fernández Pérez Paloma <1964->

Titolo

Emergence of modern hospital management and organisation in the world 1880s-1930s / / Paloma Fernández Pérez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, England : , : Emerald Publishing Limited, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-78769-989-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

362.1068

Soggetti

Medicine

Hospitals - Administration - History - 19th century

Hospitals - Administration - History - 20th century

Medicine - History - 19th century

Medicine - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Health spending and hospitals in the world in a long term perspective -- Chapter 2. New hospitals and new ideas for the management of large hospitals in western Europe (1880s-1930s) -- Chapter 3. New ideas in hospital organization in the United States of America: war needs, industrial organization, philanthropy, and the new scientific medicine -- Chapter 4. New hospital organization in Russia and Asia. Between capitalism, communism, and imperialism -- Chapter 5. Latin America. Between local innovation and the influence of colonial times, Western European science and North American standardization forces -- Chapter 6. New models of hospital organization and management in the early 20th century in a large city: Barcelona -- Chapter 7. Conclusions. New hospitals, new managers, new patterns of hospital organization.

Sommario/riassunto

The Emergence of Modern Hospital Management and Organization in the World 1880s-1930s analyzes core themes from a business history perspective to reach a new understanding about the history of modern large scale healthcare institutions, from the United States to China, with particular attention to Spain.