ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |15 pages

Introduction

part 1|28 pages

The Historical Content

part 2|53 pages

The Physical Hospital

chapter 3|10 pages

Early Days—Adapted Buildings

chapter 4|20 pages

Putting Down Roots—The Doctor-Builder

chapter 5|19 pages

The Arrival of Architects

part 3|39 pages

Financing the Hospital Enterprise

chapter 6|13 pages

Who Should Pay?

chapter 7|19 pages

Who Did Pay?

part 4|56 pages

The Patient's Experience

chapter 8|26 pages

Entering a Hospital

chapter 9|28 pages

Life on the Ward

chapter |13 pages

The New Chinese Hospital