Introduction: philanthropy and the London hospitals
The philanthropic imperative
Paying for the sick poor
Financial diversification: an explanation
Charity and control: voluntarism and the management of the London
hospitals
Striving for influence: lay versus medical control
State aid versus voluntarism
Conclusion: 1898 and beyond
Fills an important gap... Instead of depicting the 'great'
metropolitan establishments as heroic arenas for medical and
surgical triumphs, the author allows us to see them as
administratively contested and financially precarious
establishments.
*MEDICAL HISTORY*
A much needed and comprehensive study of hospital finance in the
nineteenth century... sets the agenda for future work.
*LONDON JOURNAL*
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