The first hospital and the construction of leprosy
This essay presents the first hospital as an icon of the divine nature. Established by St. Basil in the fourth century, the hospital reconstructed the social meaning of disease and poverty. I contrast its work with my own experience working in the emergency department of a small urban hospital, wher...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado: |
2022
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| En: |
Dialog
Año: 2022, Volumen: 61, Número: 2, Páginas: 107-111 |
| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | KAB Cristianismo primitivo NBF Cristología NCC Ética social NCH Ética de la medicina RK Diaconía |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Medicine
B Basilead B Incarnation B Trinity B St. Basil B St. Gregory of Nazianzus B Leprosy B Bioethics B Healthcare B Leper B Hospital B Christian Ethics |
| Acceso en línea: |
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| Sumario: | This essay presents the first hospital as an icon of the divine nature. Established by St. Basil in the fourth century, the hospital reconstructed the social meaning of disease and poverty. I contrast its work with my own experience working in the emergency department of a small urban hospital, where patients with low social capital were treated with contempt. I suggest that the first hospital deserves a prominent place in our collective memory, because it exemplifies a threefold ideal relevant to modern healthcare. Ethically, it promoted radical human equality. Economically, it transcended former concepts of repayment. And historically, it stands as the precedent of an indispensable institution. |
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| ISSN: | 1540-6385 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Dialog
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/dial.12735 |
