John Henderson takes us into the Renaissance hospitals of Florence, recreating the enormous barn-like wards and exploring the lives of those who received and th

In Renaissance Italy women from all walks of life played a central role in health care and the early development of medical science. Observing that the frontlin

A study in the ideology of wealth and poverty

The first part of this collection brings together a selection of Peregrine Horden's papers on the history of hospitals and related institutions of welfare provi

In recent years, the hospital industry has been undergoing massive change and reorganization with technological innovations and the spread of managed care. As a