The Medieval Islamic Hospital: Medicine, Religion, and Charity
by Ahmed Ragab
The Medieval Islamic Hospital explores the relationship between medical care, religious values, and charitable institutions in the medieval Islamic world. Ahmed Ragab presents hospitals as important sites for understanding the history of medicine alongside the social, cultural, and religious practices that shaped healthcare.
About This Book
Ahmed Ragab examines the medieval Islamic hospital as a place where medicine, religion, and charity intersected.
The book explores healthcare within the broader social and religious life of the medieval Islamic world.
By focusing on hospitals and their surrounding institutions, it considers how medical care was understood, organized, and supported.
This work offers readers an interdisciplinary perspective on the history of medicine and charitable practice.
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