This dissertation presents findings from a qualitative study of hospitals and social activisms
aimed at hospital transformation in San Francisco. Research questions address how …

In the early 2000s, American journalists reported an emerging crisis of rural hospital
closures in the United States. Rural people despaired that a hospital closure heralded the …

A surprising look at how hospitals affect and are affected by their surrounding communities.
An enduring paradox of urban public health is that many communities around hospitals are …

In The Medical Metropolis, Andrew T. Simpson tells the story of the United States' march
toward a market-focused health care system through the experiences of two iconic American …

This historical public policy inquiry identifies, describes, and explains the circumstances
surrounding, and the factors contributing to, the 1977 closure of Philadelphia General …

Many leading hospitals and medical centers in the United States are located in large urban
centers. This has meant that the post–World War II growth of the US health care sector has …

The concrete Spanish style buildings that are strewn across California State University
Channel Islands (CSUCI) have a history deeper than one might believe from the surface …

This paper seeks to explore urban hospital policy, its history, and, in particular, the
contradictions, challenges, and opportunities that it poses for community development in US …

Urban hospitals are sensitive barometers of community life; indeed, they are stages upon
which are played out most of the political, demographic, social, and economic changes that …

Few social investments are as closely linked to life as investment in health. International
studies depict a social revolution beginning in the latter half of the 20th century, marked by …