Hospital / hospicij u islamskoj kulturi
Hospital and Hospice in Islamic culture

Summary/Abstract: The paper begins with a terminological distinguishing between the terms “hospital” and “hospice” in terms of their traditional use and contemporary meanings. It is followed by a short review of hospital development in Islamic culture, with a particular note on the Middle Ages: it shows in the period of the VIII – XIII c. first hospitals in Damascus, Bagdad and Cairo were exceptionally advanced. Unlike “hospital”, “hospice” has significantly changed its original meaning in time, and transformed, since the XIX c. to a institution of palliative care of “terminal” patients.

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