Hospitals and patients. (reprint, 1969)

by Rosengren, William R. and Mark Lefton

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AldineTransaction, 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. This reprint from 1969 (the first paperback printing of the volume), by Rosengren (sociology, U. of Rhode Island) and Lefton (sociology and anthropology, Case Western Reserve U.) considers the crisis in American medicine that centers on the organization of the hospital, its attitudes toward patients, and the relationship of hospitals to one another. They apply theories of sociology and organization to these topics, discussing how the traditional system has changed, bureaucratic and social-systems aspects, social interaction in hospitals, relationships between them and communities, institutional systems, and other medical organizations, and how patient materials are defined. How hospitals interrupt the life course of patients is explained, with a new analytical model of their organization proposed. The book is intended for researchers, scholars, students, and teachers in medical sociology, hospital administration, and community organization, as well as social science courses in medical and nursing schools. It contains both subject and name indexes. (©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)

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