World Health Organization : Organisation Mondiale de la Sante ; Serie de Monographies, Volume Number 21, (Part 1): The Rural Hospital

By R. F. Bridgman, Dr.

Book Id: WPLBN0000100598
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	World Health Organization : Organisation Mondiale de la Sante ; Serie de Monographies, Volume Number 21, (Part 1): The Rural Hospital
Author:	R. F. Bridgman, Dr.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago Bridgman, Dr, R. F. (n.d.). World Health Organization : Organisation Mondiale de la Sante ; Serie de Monographies, Volume Number 21, (Part 1). Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
It is hard to say exactly what is meant by rural hospital because of the many different forms the institution may take. Looked at from the sociobiological standpoint, the rural hospital is the smallest curative unit serving a rural community, and its structure varies with the basic features of country life. In western countries the rural hospital has retained the impress of a fairly lengthy past when its sole function was to provide hospital care for the sick.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 1 . Facts about rural areas 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Definition of rural environment 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Types of rural settlement 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Psychology. religion. and customs 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rural pathology 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maternity 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Domiciliary care 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sanitation 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical staff 23 Paramedical and auxiliary staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Climatology of rural areas 27 Factors influencing rural problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Future prospects of rural demography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Political and administrative organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Trends in the organization of rural hospitals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Chapter 2 . Theory of the rural hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concept of regionalization 37 Co-ordination with preventive medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Administrative structure in regionalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Proposed standards 55 Mobile health-units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Scope of the rural hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Chapter 3 . Structure of the rural-hospital/health-centre . . . . . . 73 Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Maternity senice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Paediatrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Communicable diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Endemic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Tuberculosis and mental disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82