The Formation Of The Swiss Hospital System 1840 1960

"A very important contribution to a better knowledge and analysis of the history of hospitals in a broader context." -- Paloma Fernández Pérez, Professor of Economic and Business History, Department of Economic History of Universitat de Barcelona, Spain "In this brilliantly written book, Pierre-Yves Donzé engages in a fascinating research, which describes the beginnings of the modern hospital, through the case of the Vaud hospital system, and the crucial roles of doctors, surgeons, managers and politicians. Donzé profoundly renews our understanding of the origins of a health institution, which profoundly shapes contemporary societies." -- Vincent Barras, Professor in the History of Medicine at the Université de Lausanne, Switzerland This book offers an analysis of the formation of contemporary hospital systems between the mid-19th century and the mid-20th century. Based on extensive archival material and a broad international literature review, it focuses on the case of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, and uses a triple approach that discusses technological innovations, hospital management, and health policy. This research is a major contribution to the history of medicine which gives a unique overview of the formation of contemporary hospital systems. Pierre-Yves Donzé is a professor in business history at the Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University, Japan, and a visiting professor at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is a member of the councils of the European Business History Association (EBHA) since 2016 and the Business History Society of Japan since 2017, and a co-editor of the international journal Business History.

This book offers an analysis of the formation of contemporary hospital systems between the mid-19th century and the mid-20th century. Based on extensive archival material and a broad international literature review, it focuses on the case of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, and uses a triple approach that discusses technological innovations, hospital management, and health policy. This research is a major contribution to the history of medicine which gives a unique overview of the formation of contemporary hospital systems.

Collective Entrepreneurship in the Contemporary European Services Industries provides a historical account and a managerial approach on how companies in the service industry have grown, innovated, and internationalised along the last centuries in Western Europe.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Technologies and Innovation, CITI 2019, held in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in December 2019. The 14 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: ICT in agronomy; knowledge-based systems and pattern recognition; internet of things and computer architecture.

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

For seasoned professionals as well as students, A History of Public Health is visionary and essential reading.

A guide to the techniques and analysis of clinical data. Each of the seventeen sections begins with a drawing and biographical sketch of a seminal contributor to the discipline. After an introduction and historical survey of clinical methods, the next fifteen sections are organized by body system. Each contains clinical data items from the history, physical examination, and laboratory investigations that are generally included in a comprehensive patient evaluation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR