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The hospital as a space of power: ownership of space and symbols of power in the hospital setting

In: Leadership in Spaces and Places

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  • Erika Sauer

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In this chapter I take a closer look at everyday hospital spaces in order to see what kinds of power structures the architecture, design and the use of space suggest. I work in the spirit of Foucault, who analyses the relationship of space and power in regard to the power enacted by individuals in space, the symbolic power enacted by organizations through the use of space, and the power that space carries in and of itself so that space structures relationships. We can say that space and power coexist. Space allows some functions to operate while it restricts or prohibits others.

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  • Erika Sauer, 2015. "The hospital as a space of power: ownership of space and symbols of power in the hospital setting," Chapters, in: Leadership in Spaces and Places, chapter 12, pages 242-264, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Sabina Siebert & Stacey Bushfield & Graeme Martin & Brian Howieson, 2018. "Eroding ‘Respectability’: Deprofessionalization Through Organizational Spaces," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 32(2), pages 330-347, April.

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