The hospital
By: Ellen Heath Grinney ; introduction by C. Everett Koop.
Series: The Encyclopedia of health.
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
Subjects: Hospitals -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Hospitals -- Medical staff -- Juvenile literature.; Hospital care -- Standards -- Juvenile literature.; Hospitals -- Cost of operation -- Juvenile literature.; Hospital care -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Juvenile literature.; Hospitals.
Description: Discusses the history of the hospital and its emergence into the modern facility that it is today; the professionalization of physicians, nurses, and healthcare management; the development of specialty institutions; the establishment of acceptable norms of quality care; and the growth of serious ethical issues and financial concerns.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-95) and index.