title: [São Pedro de Alcântara Charity Hospital: assistance and healthcare in Goiás during the nineteenth century].
abstract: A lay institution founded in the city of Goiás in 1825, the São Pedro de Alcântara Charity Hospital was fruit of an initiative by an influential local group that recognized a social evil: the lack of assistance for the destitute and ill. Within the realm of social assistance, the hospital adopted charitable Christian roles and principles, providing aid to the mentally ill, the imprisoned, and the infirm and needy in general. After inauguration of the public cemetery, it also buried indigents at no cost.
authors.forename: Sônia Maria
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: De Magalhães
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002608:Charities / Q000266:history*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D016519:Hospitals, Religious / Q000266:history*; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000266:history*