title: [Notes on hospital architecture in Brazil: between the traditional and the modern].
abstract: The relationship between the history of health assistance and architecture is not always obvious. The article points to some challenges in investigating this relation, which is most readily visible in the construction of medical facilities, especially hospitals and sanitariums. In Brazil, this fledgling field has begun drawing the attention of researchers from the applied human and social sciences, especially in more recent decades.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patrimônio Histórico, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, 21040-900.
authors.forename: Renato Gama-Rosa
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Costa