{"title":"Daniel Skinner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Skinner\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts narratives that invite readers into evocative landscapes where urban life and human experience intertwine. His work often explores the subtle tensions and rhythms of everyday existence, blending keen observation with a reflective, sometimes poetic style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on place and atmosphere, Skinner's writing encourages a deeper appreciation of the spaces we inhabit and the stories they hold. Readers can expect thoughtful, immersive journeys through both familiar and unexpected settings.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-city-and-the-hospital-by-daniel-skinner-9780226829678","title":"The City and the Hospital","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA surprising look at how hospitals affect and are affected by their surrounding communities.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn enduring paradox of urban public health is that many communities around hospitals are economically distressed and, counterintuitively, medically underserved. In \u003cem\u003eThe City and the Hospital\u003c\/em\u003e, two sociologists, Jonathan R. Wynn and Berkeley Franz, and a political scientist, Daniel Skinner, track the multiple causes of this problem and offer policy solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFocusing on three urban hospitals—Connecticut’s Hartford Hospital, the flagship of the Hartford Healthcare system; the Cleveland Clinic, which coordinates with other providers for routine care while its main campus provides specialty care; and the University of Colorado Hospital, a rare example of an urban institution that relocated to a new community—the authors analyse the complicated relationship between a hospital and its neighborhoods. On the one hand, hospitals anchor the communities that surround them, often staying in a neighborhood for decades. Hospitals also craft strategies to engage with the surrounding community, many of those focused on buying locally and hiring staff from their surrounding area. On the other hand, hospitals will often only provide care to the neighbouring community through emergency departments, reserving advanced medical care and long-term treatment for those who can pay a premium for it. In addition, the authors show, hospitals frequently buy neighbourhood real estate and advocate for development programs that drive gentrification and displacement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo understand how urban healthcare institutions work with their communities, the authors address power, history, race, and urbanity as much as the workings of the medical industry. These varied initiatives and effects mean that understanding urban hospitals requires seeing them in a new light—not only as medical centres but as complicated urban forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471736684780,"sku":"9780226829678","price":61.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7f0d6c785eebc1ed2ed9f85db6e89dfb.jpg?v=1775791910"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/daniel-skinner.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}