Timmermann Carsten
Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, The University of Manchester.
Medizinhist J. 2010;45(1):24-42.
This essay examines how and why American models were applied in the reorganization of West German hospitals and medical research centers in the post-war period. After discussing why American clinical medical centers turned into model institutions over the last century or so, a case study is discussed in some detail: the Kerckhoff Institute for cardiovascular research in Bad Nauheim, since 1951 an institute within the Max Planck Society with its own research clinic (which was unusual for Max Planck Institutes). The history of this institution illustrates which local and specific considerations drove historical actors to embrace American models. German academic and administrative realities, however, imposed tight constraints on the implementation of US institutional models.
本文探讨了战后美国模式在西德医院和医学研究中心重组过程中是如何以及为何被应用的。在讨论了为何美国临床医学中心在过去一个多世纪左右的时间里成为模范机构之后，详细讨论了一个案例研究：巴特瑙海姆的克赫夫心血管研究所，自1951年起成为马克斯·普朗克学会下属的一个拥有自己研究诊所的研究所（这对马克斯·普朗克研究所来说并不常见）。该机构的历史说明了哪些地方和具体因素促使历史参与者接受美国模式。然而，德国的学术和行政现实对美国机构模式的实施施加了严格限制。
