Accommodating the Chinese - The American Hospital in China, 1880-1920

This in-depth comparative study demonstrates that the hospital established in China - its planning and architecture, financing, and all aspects of day-to-day operation - differed from its counterpart at home. These differences were never due to a single, or even dominant cause. They were a result of a complex process involving accommodation, appreciation, negotiation, opportunism and pragmatism.

List of contents

Introduction Section I: The Historical Context 1. The Hospital - In Time and Space 2. Chinese Institutions Met by Prostestant Missionaries Section II: The Hospital - Its Physical Manifestation 3. In the Beginning 4. Putting Down Roots - The Doctor Builder 5. The Arrival of Architects Section III: Financing the Hospital Enterprise 6. Who Should Pay? 7. Who Did Pay? Section IV: The Patient's Experience 8. Entering a Hospital 9. Life on the Ward. Conclusion. Appendix A.

About the author

Michelle Campbell Renshaw is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide.

Summary

This in-depth comparative study demonstrates that the hospital established in China - its planning and architecture, financing, and all aspects of day-to-day operation - differed from its counterpart at home. These differences were never due to a single, or even dominant cause. They were a result of a complex process involving accommodation, appreciation, negotiation, opportunism and pragmatism.

Product details

• Authors: Michelle Campbell Renshaw, Alber Maydeu-Olivares, Michelle Campbell Renshaw, Michelle Campbell (Visiting Research Fell Renshaw, Michelle Campbell (Visiting Research Fellow Renshaw, Renshaw Michelle Campbell
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2013
• EAN: 9780415645621
• ISBN: 978-0-415-64562-1
• No. of pages: 334
• Series: East Asia: History, Politics,; East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture; East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous