The "postmodernity" of hospitals and the challenges of South America

We pass judgement all too easily these anxious, cost-conscious days, whereas we should place our health problems in the contexts of both the past and the international field. By "post-modernity" the author means, in particular, the four aspects of hospital trends that are--for him--most significant--the speed in the making and application of decisions; participation in the treatment of patients by their families; terminal care; and the "ecological" hospital.