Medicine Moves to the Mall

by Sloane, David Charles

• ISBN13: 9780801870644
• ISBN10: 080187064X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV PRESS

Summary

The shopping mall seems an unlikely place to go for health care services. Yet, the mall has become home to such services as well as a model for redesigning other health care facilities. In Medicine Moves to the Mall, David Charles Sloane and Beverlie Conant Sloane document the historical changes to our health care landscape by exploring the interactions between medicine and place. This unique combination of architectural history and the history of medicine provides a thought-provoking analysis of the geography of the practice of medicine. The book presents three essays, each accompanied by a gallery of historical and recent photos. The authors discuss the rise of modern hospitals and how they were shaped into scientifically sterile and humanly stark "medical workshops." Starting in the 1970s, hospital facilities were altered in appearance to become more friendly and welcoming. The integration of a shopping mall's spaciousness and open design with technology and scientific innovation served in "humanizing the hospital." Most recently, the accessibility and convenience of shopping center and roadside clinics have invited Americans to go "shopping for health" in the increasingly commercialized medical system. Medicine Moves to the Mall will appeal to scholars and professionals in fields ranging from health care to cultural geography and from urban studies to architectural history, as well as to readers interested in the shifting status of medicine in American society.

Author Biography

David Charles Sloane is an associate professor of policy, planning, and development, and Beverlie Conant Sloane is a clinical associate professor of family medicine, at the University of Southern California.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	x
Prologue / The Evolving Architecture of Healthcare	2	(12)
GALLERY ONE / Machine Medicine	14	(54)
The Medical Workshop	30	(38)
GALLERY TWO / Mall Medicine	68	(50)
Humanizing the Hospital	84	(34)
GALLERY THREE / Mini-Mall Medicine	118	(48)
Shopping for Healthcare	134	(32)
Epilogue / Orchestrating Healthcare	166	(9)
Notes	175	(12)
Selected Bibliography	187	(4)
Index	191