The Formation of the Swiss Hospital System (1840-1960)

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.

First book in English about the history of Swiss hospitals Offers an analysis of the formation of contemporary hospital systems Analyzes the development of hospitalisation from socially, financially and technologically perspectives

Autorentext

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.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Surgeons of the Canton of Vaud in the 19th and 20th centuries.- Chapter 3: Management and Organisation at the Cantonal Hospital of Lausanne.- Chapter 4: The transformation of regional hospitals.- Chapter 5: Building a hospital policy.- Chapter 6: Conclusion