Open AccessThe Japanese Hospital in Broome, 1910–1926. A harmony of contrasts
Author(s) -
Peter Stride,
A Louws
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of the royal college of physicians of edinburgh/the journal of the royal college of physicians of edinburgh
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.275
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2042-8189
pISSN - 1478-2715
DOI - 10.4997/jrcpe.2015.215
Subject(s) - compassion , harmony (color) , alien , community hospital , medicine , history , psychology , nursing , political science , art , visual arts , law , environmental health , population , census
The Japanese Hospital in Broome remains the only hospital in Australia's history predominantly staffed, controlled and funded by a linguistically, culturally and geographically alien nation. Initially the proposal, challenging prevailing attitudes, was bitterly opposed by the white community, but the hospital became respected thanks to Dr Tadashi Suzuki, the hospital's first doctor, and his successors' clinical skills and compassion.