中世纪西欧医院的形成及其特点

作为中世纪西欧社会最普遍的慈善机构，医院（Hospitals）是依据基督教的“博爱”理念建立起来的；它能够适应西欧社会对灵魂救赎的信仰需求，进而逐渐发展起来。在漫长的中世纪，医院形成了浓厚的宗教色彩、鲜明的慈善职能、地域分布的不均衡性，以及理想与现实的割裂性等特点。在组织机构和意识形态等方面，中世纪西欧医院为近现代医院的专业化奠定了稳固的基础。

The Formation and Features of Hospitals in Medieval Western Europe

As the common charity institution in medieval Western Europe,hospitals were based on the conceptof Christian charity,which was gradual development in adapt to the needs of society to Western Europe soul re-demption.In the long middle ages,the hospital formed the characters of strong religious,bright charity functions,regional imbalance and the separation between ideal and reality.It laid the foundation of organization and culture i-dea for modern professional hospital in the organization and ideology.