Hospitals and Patients

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-202-30947-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 349 g

This book examines the current social crisis in American medicine. The authors, two well-known sociologists, search out-and fi nd-the roots of this crisis in three areas: the organization of the hospital, the attitudes of the hospital toward its patients, and the relationship of hospitals to one another.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rosengren, William R.

Lefton, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Krankenhausmanagement, Praxismanagement
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One; 1: Hospitals and Patients: An Overview of Issues; 2: New Forms and Trends in Medical Care; Part Two; 3: Hospitals as Bureaucracies; The Hospital and Its Patients; 5: The Hospital and Its Environment; Part Three; Hospitals and the Biographical Career of the Patient; 7: The Patient in the Context of the Hospital; 8: Orientations Toward Clients and Interorganizational Relationships; Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

William R. Rosengren, Mark Lefton