In its latest yearbook, the DGK examines the development of hospitals under real existing socialism. The individual chapters discuss the importance of individual hospitals within the healthcare system, the state of their facilities, and how they intersected with the polyclinics.

Florian Bruns, Univ. of Dresden, Fritz Dross, Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Christina Vanja, Univ. of Kassel, Germany.