title: [Medical and social aspects of the question of noise in hospitals].
abstract: An analysis is made of the part played by noise in modern life and attention is drawn to its harmful effects from the social point of view. An account is given of the essential principles of acoustics and of the main effects of noise on human physiopathology. Attention is then given to the specific question of the effect of both internal and external noise on both patients and staff in hospitals. Principles to be applied in the rational prevention of disturbances due to noise are suggested and stress is laid on the importance of improved social and health education in this respect.
authors.affiliation: Ospedale Ostetrico-Ginecologico Sant'Anna di Torino.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ghisolfo
mesh_terms: D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012961:Sociology