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This comparative study explores the emergence of modern, Western-style hospitals in China. The author discusses how the hospital established in China - its planning and architecture, financing and all aspects of day-to-day operations - differs from its counterpart in the West.

This in depth comparative study demonstrates that the hospital established in China-its planning and architecture, financing, and all aspects of day-to-day operation-differed from its counterpart at home. These differences were never due to a single, or even dominant cause. They were a result of a complex process involving accommodation, appreciation, negotiation, opportunism and pragmatism.