Accommodating the Chinese
Subtitle: the American hospital in China, 1880-1920
By: Michelle Renshaw.
Series: East Asia: history, politics, sociology, culture; East Asia (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Hospitals -- China -- History -- 19th century.; Hospitals -- China -- History -- 20th century.; Missions, Medical -- China -- History -- 19th century.; Hospitals -- history -- China.; Hospitals -- history -- United States.; Cross-Cultural Comparison -- China.; Cross-Cultural Comparison -- United States.; History, 19th Century -- China.; History, 19th Century -- United States.; History, 20th Century -- China.; History, 20th Century -- United States.; Missions and Missionaries -- history -- China.; Missions and Missionaries -- history -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-295) and index.

English text, with some terms in Chinese characters.
Table of contents: title: The historical context; title: The hospital-in time and space; title: Chinese institutions the protestant missionaries met; title: The physical hospital; title: Early days-adapted buildings; title: Putting down roots-the doctor-builder; title: The arrival of architects; title: Financing the hospital enterprise; title: Who should pay?; title: Who did pay?; title: The patient's experience; title: Entering a hospital; title: Life on the ward.