Medicine Moves to the Mall
Seiten
2003
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-7064-4 (ISBN)
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-7064-4 (ISBN)
The shopping mall seems an unlikely place to go for health care services. Yet, the mall has become home to such services as well as a model for redesigning other health care facilities. In Medicine Moves to the Mall, David Charles Sloane and Beverlie Conant Sloane document the historical changes to our health care landscape by exploring the interactions between medicine and place. This unique combination of architectural history and the history of medicine provides a thought-provoking analysis of the geography of the practice of medicine. The book presents three essays, each accompanied by a gallery of historical and recent photos. The authors discuss the rise of modern hospitals and how they were shaped into scientifically sterile and humanly stark "medical workshops." Starting in the 1970s, hospital facilities were altered in appearance to become more friendly and welcoming. The integration of a shopping mall's spaciousness and open design with technology and scientific innovation served in "humanizing the hospital."
Most recently, the accessibility and convenience of shopping center and roadside clinics have invited Americans to go "shopping for health" in the increasingly commercialized medical system. Medicine Moves to the Mall will appeal to scholars and professionals in fields ranging from health care to cultural geography and from urban studies to architectural history, as well as to readers interested in the shifting status of medicine in American society.
Most recently, the accessibility and convenience of shopping center and roadside clinics have invited Americans to go "shopping for health" in the increasingly commercialized medical system. Medicine Moves to the Mall will appeal to scholars and professionals in fields ranging from health care to cultural geography and from urban studies to architectural history, as well as to readers interested in the shifting status of medicine in American society.
David Charles Sloane is an associate professor of policy, planning, and development, and Beverlie Conant Sloane is a clinical associate professor of family medicine, at the University of Southern California.
Contents: Preface and AcknowledgementsPROLOGUE / The Evolving Architecture of HealthcareGALLERY ONE / Machine MedicineONE / The Medical WorkshopGALLERY TWO / Mall MedicineTWO / Humanizing the HospitalGALLERY THREE / Mini-Mall MedicineTHREE / Shopping for HealthcareEPILOGUE / Orchestrating Healthcare Notes Selected Bibliography Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.3.2003 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Center Books on Space, Place, and Time |
| Zusatzinfo | 14 Line drawings, black and white; 36 Halftones, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Baltimore, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 159 x 203 mm |
| Gewicht | 431 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8018-7064-X / 080187064X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8018-7064-4 / 9780801870644 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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