Published by Peter Lang in 2007, The Impact of Hospitals 300-2000 (ed. Henderson, Horden and Pastore) comprised a selection of the papers delivered at two conferences (in 1999 and 2001) that were organised by the International Network for the History of Hospitals (INHH). The present volume, based on the Network s 2009 Barcelona conference, offers a new, wide-ranging collection of papers on the theme of Hospitals and Communities . It discusses a select group of hospitals and communities, including those based in Europe and the Americas, from three main perspectives: isolation and...