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International travel as medical research: architecture and the modern hospital.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21553698     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The design and development of the modern hospital in Australia had a profound impact on medical practice and research at a variety of levels. Between the late 1920s and the 1950s hospital architects, administrators, and politicians travelled widely in order to review the latest international developments in the hospital field They were motivated by Australia's geographic isolation and a growing concern with how to govern the population at the level of physical health. While not 'medical research' in the conventional sense of the term, this travel was a powerful generator of medical thinking in Australia and has left a rich archival legacy. This paper draws on that archive to demonstrate the ways in which architectural research and international networks of hospital specialists profoundly shaped the provision of medical infrastructure in Australia.
Authors:
Cameron Logan; Julie Willis
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Historical Article; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Health and history     Volume:  12     ISSN:  1442-1771     ISO Abbreviation:  Health History     Publication Date:  2010  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-05-10     Completed Date:  2011-06-16     Revised Date:  2011-08-25    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100888373     Medline TA:  Health History     Country:  Australia    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  116-33     Citation Subset:  QIS    
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Architecture as Topic / history*
Australia
History, 20th Century
Hospital Design and Construction / history*
Humans
Research / history*
Travel*

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