title: The Mercies surprise Baltimore. Community benefit, not profit, was the motive behind the preservation in 1887 of the city's downtown hospital.
authors.affiliation: The Wall Street Journal, USA.
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Fialka
mesh_terms: D015142:Baltimore; D002410:Catholicism; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006271:Health Facility Closure; D049672:History, 19th Century; D016519:Hospitals, Religious / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies