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|address=[[Wikipedia-de:Herdecke|Herdecke]]-[[Wikipedia-de:Ende (Herdecke)|Westende]]

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|opened=1969|funding=non-profit|affiliation=[[wikipedia:University of Witten/Herdecke|University of Witten/Herdecke]]}}

|opened=1969|funding=non-profit|affiliation=[[wikipedia:University of Witten/Herdecke|University of Witten/Herdecke]]|beds=471}}

The '''Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke (GKH) [Herdecke Community Hospital]''' is a [[Wikipedia:hospital|hospital]] in the city of [[Wikipedia:Herdecke|Herdecke]] in the district of Westende in [[Wikipedia:Germany|Germany]]. The GKH is a cooperating hospital of the [[Wikipedia:University of Witten-Herdecke|University of Witten-Herdecke]]. It is specialised in the field of [[integrative medicine]] and especially [[anthroposophic medicine]].

The '''Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke (GKH) [Herdecke Community Hospital]''' is a [[Wikipedia:hospital|hospital]] in the city of [[Wikipedia:Herdecke|Herdecke]] in the district of Westende in [[Wikipedia:Germany|Germany]]. The GKH is a cooperating hospital of the [[Wikipedia:University of Witten-Herdecke|University of Witten-Herdecke]]. It is specialised in the field of [[integrative medicine]] and especially [[anthroposophic medicine]].

The hospital was inaugurated in 1969 and was the first anthroposophically oriented hospital in Germany. One of the main founders of the hospital was [[Gerhard Kienle]] (1923-1983).<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal| issue = 49| pages = 100–103| title = KRANKENHÄUSER / HERDECKE: Trick mit Trapez| journal = Der Spiegel| date = 1969|url=https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-45317809.html|last=|first=|volume=|via=|trans-title=KRANKENHÄUSER / HERDECKE: Trick with trapeze|language=de|access-date=2022-01-13}}</ref> A main motive in the social design of the founding period was flat hierarchies without chief physicians and head nurses.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book| isbn = 978-3-00-065299-8| last1 = Gemeinschaftskrankenhäuser| first1 = Verein| last2 = Kleinrath| first2 = Ulli| last3 = Koch| first3 = Sonja| last4 = Rechenberg| first4 = Thomas| last5 = Berger| first5 = Bettina| title = 50 Jahre Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke - Ein Impuls schreibt Geschichte| date = 2019-12-16|trans-title=50 years of Herdecke Community Hospital - An impulse makes history|language=de}}</ref>

The hospital was inaugurated in 1969 and was the first anthroposophically oriented hospital in Germany. One of the main founders of the hospital was [[Gerhard Kienle]] (1923-1983).<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal| issue = 49| pages = 100–103| title = KRANKENHÄUSER / HERDECKE: Trick mit Trapez| journal = Der Spiegel| date = 1969|url=https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-45317809.html|last=|first=|volume=|via=|trans-title=KRANKENHÄUSER / HERDECKE: Trick with trapeze|language=de|access-date=2022-01-13}}</ref> A main motive in the social design of the founding period was flat hierarchies without chief physicians and head nurses.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book| isbn = 978-3-00-065299-8| last1 = Gemeinschaftskrankenhäuser| first1 = Verein| last2 = Kleinrath| first2 = Ulli| last3 = Koch| first3 = Sonja| last4 = Rechenberg| first4 = Thomas| last5 = Berger| first5 = Bettina| title = 50 Jahre Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke - Ein Impuls schreibt Geschichte| date = 2019-12-16|trans-title=50 years of Herdecke Community Hospital - An impulse makes history|language=de}}</ref>

== Weblinks ==

==Weblinks==

* [http://www.anthromed.de/en/hospital.network/herdecke/ Herdecke Community Hospital] at [[AnthroMed]]

*[http://www.anthromed.de/en/hospital.network/herdecke/ Herdecke Community Hospital] at [[AnthroMed]]

*[[c:Category:Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus_Herdecke|Images of Herdecke Community Hospital]] in [[Wikipedia:Wikimedia commons|Wikimedia commons]]

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