From the Reading
What was the purpose of establishing a separate plague hospital from the General Hospital?
To isolate contaminated patients from the rest of the healthy population.
Who paid for the medical care provided to ill or injured Genevan citizens?
The City.
Which group of women were especially vulnerable to poverty and often needed assistance?
Widows
Why was it important that Genevans were all buried in the same way?
It reflected the idea that death is a shared experience across all social classes.
What were some of the goods and services that the General Hospital provided in addition to medical care? (List 3)
In addition to medical care, the General Hospital provided food, housing, financial assistance, Long term care, Burial services, and religious/social support.
Fill in the blank in our thesis statement:
"The General Hospital served both social welfare as well as medical purposes, functioning as a ______ _____ _____ for those who had none."
Supplemental Family System