Accommodating the Chinese : the American hospital in China, 1880-1920

Title
  1. Accommodating the Chinese : the American hospital in China, 1880-1920 / Michelle Renshaw.
Published by
  1. New York : Routledge, 2005.
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Author
  1. Renshaw, Michelle.

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Description
  1. xxii, 312 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series statement
  1. East Asia: history, politics, sociology, culture
Uniform title
  1. East Asia (New York, N.Y.)
Subject
  1. Hospitals > China > History > 19th century
  2. Hospitals > China > History > 20th century
  3. Missions, Medical > China > History > 19th century
  4. Hospitals > history
  5. Cross-Cultural Comparison
  6. History, 19th Century
  7. History, 20th Century
  8. Religious Missions > history
  9. China
  10. United States
Contents
  1. The historical context -- The hospital-in time and space -- Chinese institutions the protestant missionaries met -- The physical hospital -- Early days-adapted buildings -- Putting down roots-the doctor-builder -- The arrival of architects -- Financing the hospital enterprise -- Who should pay? -- Who did pay? -- The patient's experience -- Entering a hospital -- Life on the ward.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-295) and index.
Language (note)
  1. English text, with some terms in Chinese characters.