"More than any other building type in the twentieth century, the hospital was connected to transformations in the health of populations and expectations of lifespan. From the scale of public health to the level of the individual, the architecture of the modern hospital has reshaped knowledge ab...

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Hauptverfasser:	Willis, Julie (VerfasserIn), Goad, Philip (VerfasserIn), Logan, Cameron 1974- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2019
Schriftenreihe:	Routledge research in architecture Routledge research in architecture
Schlagworte:	Hospitals / history Hospital Design and Construction / history Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / history Delivery of Health Care / history History, 20th Century Hospital architecture / History / 20th century Hospital buildings / Design and construction
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	"More than any other building type in the twentieth century, the hospital was connected to transformations in the health of populations and expectations of lifespan. From the scale of public health to the level of the individual, the architecture of the modern hospital has reshaped knowledge about health and disease and perceptions of bodily integrity and security. However, the rich and genuinely global architectural history of these hospitals is poorly understood and largely forgotten. This book explores the rapid evolution of hospital design in the twentieth century, analysing the ways in which architects and other specialists re-imagined the modern hospital. It examines how the vast expansion of medical institutions over the course of the century was enabled by new approaches to architectural design and it highlights the emerging political conviction that physical health would become the cornerstone of human welfare"--
Beschreibung:	1 online resource
ISBN:	9780429434495 0429434499 9780429785160 042978516X 9780429785146 0429785143 9780429785153 0429785151