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Drawing upon the admission records of Christ's Hospital, an orphanage and school founded in London in 1552, thirteen tables of basic data were formulated to gain insight into the lives of non-elite children. As tabulated, the profile of the children shows that two-thirds of them were male; one-third died; and less than twenty percent were infants. Eight out of ten children's parents were identified at least by having their names recorded, and more than half had fathers who belonged to guilds and therefore were respectable citizens. More than half of the children were placed two or more times, with more than one-third having their final placement with a foster parent or in an apprenticeship; only slightly more than one tenth were permanently reunited with their parents or relatives. The families of the 3,095 children served by Christ's Hospital had collapsed to the point that the children's basic needs were not met and family wealth was not inherited. With the assistance of caretakers and sponsors, Christ's Hospital supplied food, clothing, and shelter to help disadvantaged children who were educated and trained as productive citizens, enabling them to be integrated into the increasingly complex economic structure of London and thereby prevented from sinking into the criminal underclass.

This study assessed the role of the hospital social worker during the hospital stay and post-discharge period. Findings revealed that social workers performed various tasks, and the most common concerns of patients were coping and/or post-discharge issues. Findings also demonstrated the complexity of this role in meeting the needs of patients.

Hospital waste has been one of the major problems in underdeveloped and developing countries in recent times. The present study is an attempt to analyze hospital waste generation of Faisalabad city. Forty four hospitals were selected out of which five were public, two were semi-government, six were trust and thirty one were private hospitals with a minimum capacity of ten beds. It was very difficult to acquire exact data related to the waste generated by hospitals as these health care centers were not following the international standards to handle waste generation. The primary data were collected through questionnaire, formal and informal meetings, interviews with the hospital staff and through personal observations. The secondary data were collected from the office of the Executive District Officer Health and Environment Protection | department, Faisalabad. Data analysis showed that about 7646 kg/day waste was generated by these hospitals out of which 6529 kg (85.40%) was non-infectious and 1117 kg (14.60%) was infectious waste. The government hospitals' waste generation rate was 1.51 kg/bed/day, semi government 1.49 kg/bed/day, trust hospitals rate was 1.29 kg/bed/day and private hospitals 0.99 kg/bed/day. The overall waste generation rate of the hospitals of the study area was 1.28 kg/bed/day. It was recommended that the hospital staff must be trained to handle hospital waste so that the garbage should not create problems to human health.

In 1984 Congress revamped Medicare to save a financially distraught health care system, thus transforming the hospital as an organization. Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) -- the cornerstone of this extensive reorganization -- have triggered repercussions that are still adversely affecting health care professionals. This volume cuts to the heart of this crisis, examining the difficulties and foibles of going from DRG Legislation to DRG practices and giving voice to the professionals who must carve out a new reality under DRGs. It exposes the disputes between the various professional groups --

"This volume commemorates the 35th anniversary of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History series in 2022. The anthology brings together chapters and excerpts from previously published books in the series that reflect the breadth of the intellectual commitments of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History series--including material from one of the first books in the series, many of its most popular chapters and award-winning books, and its most recent bestseller. Curated around the theme of organizing over two hundred years, each piece in the anthology shows a different dimension of nineteenth and twentieth century labor, activist, legal, political, or community organizing at work within the history of women, gender, and sexuality in the United States. With an original introduction by Deborah Gray White, this compilation shows the historical and strategic breadth of the ways that women and feminists organize, reform, and resist against systems of racism, misogyny, white supremacy, and inequality"--