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Hospitals in literature: a second look.
Hospital & Health Services Administration
|December 11, 1985
Summary
This article expands on previous research into hospital depictions in literature and media. It includes newly discovered works and reader-suggested pieces to provide a more comprehensive overview of the hospital in fiction.
Area of Science:
- Literature and Medicine
- Cultural Studies
- Media Analysis
Background:
- An earlier article explored the portrayal of hospitals across various media formats.
- The initial study generated significant reader engagement and feedback.
- Numerous literary and media works featuring hospitals have been published since the original article.
Purpose of the Study:
- To supplement the previous article with newly identified works.
- To address reader-identified omissions from the original study.
- To offer a more exhaustive examination of the hospital's role in creative expression.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of "hospital" novels and other media.
- Inclusion of reader-submitted recommendations.
- Comparative analysis of fictional hospital representations.
Main Results:
- Identification of previously uncatalogued literary and media works.
- Expansion of the scope of fictional hospital portrayals.
- A more complete collection of works for analysis.
Conclusions:
- The updated collection offers a richer understanding of the hospital's presence in literature and media.
- Further research can build upon this expanded corpus.
- The ongoing evolution of hospital narratives in fiction is highlighted.