The Rural Hospital
İÇİNDEKİLERCONTENTSPreface to the second impression Introduction........... Chapter 1. Facts about rural areas . . Definition of rural environment...... Types of rural settlement......... Psychology, religion, and customs..... Rural pathology............. Maternity................ Domiciliary care............. Sanitation................ Medical staff".............. Paramedical and auxiliary staff...... Climatology of rural areas........ Factors influencing rural problems .... Future prospects of rural demography . . . Political and administrative organization . . Trends in the organization of rural hospitals Chapter 2. Theory of the rural hospital Concept of regionalization....... Co-ordination with preventive medicine . Administrative structure in regionalization Proposed standards.......... Mobile health-units.......... Scope of the rural hospital....... Chapter 3. Structure of the rural-hospital/health-centre Medicine........................ Maternity service.................... Paediatrics.......... Surgery ............ Communicable diseases..... Endemic diseases....... Tuberculosis and mental disorders — 5 — 6 THE RURAL HOSPITAL Pa Chapter 3. (continued) Out-patient services......................... Preventive medicine......................... Occupational medicine........................ Mental health............................ Health education.......................... Old persons and hospices ...................... Chapter 4. Architecture and equipment of the standard rural-hospital/health-centre ....................... General conditions, type of architecture, site, and orientation...... Nursing-unit............................. Technical services: operating-suite, delivery-room, laboratory, electro-radiology department, and dispensary................ Out-patient department........................ Preventive-medicine service...................... General services........................... Technical equipment......................... Conclusions............................. Chapter 5. Staff .......................... Medical staff............................ Nursing staff............................ Technical staff............................ Administrative staff......................... Chapter 6. From theory to practice................ Communications........................... Financial, social, and economic conditions............... Participation of local authorities................... National and regional hospital investment-funds............ Operating budget.......................... Deciding factors in hospital planning................ Bibliography............................ Index ................................  |
