Medicine by design : the architect and the modern hospital, 1893-1943 / Annmarie Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Annmarie.

Series:

Architecture, landscape, and American culture series.

Architecture, landscape, and American culture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hospital architecture--North America--History.

Hospital architecture.

Hospital buildings--Design and construction--North America--History.

Hospital buildings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 169 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Medicine by Design examines how hospital design influenced the development of twentieth-century medicine and demonstrates the importance of these specialized buildings in the history of architecture. Annmarie Adams uses the ÒRoyal VicÓÑalong with other hospitalsÑto explore issues in architecture and medicine, including the role of gender and class in both fields and the transformation of patients into consumers.

Contents:

1893

Patients

Nurses

Architects and doctors

Modernisms.

Notes:

Chapters previously published in various books and journals.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-159) and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Adams, Annmarie. Medicine by design.

ISBN:

0-8166-5399-2

OCLC:

476131251