{
  "abstract": "Children’s hospitals, children’s wards and children as hospital inpatients have attracted an exceptional amount of academic attention for decades.1 In this topic collection, we use the lens of ‘exceptionalism’ to critically reassess existing debates on healthcare provision for children and direct attention specifically to the connections between childhood, hospitals and charity. Bringing together historical, geographical and sociological perspectives, the collection demonstrates the many ways in which children have been ‘exceptional’ recipients of hospital care and healthcare-based philanthropy. Nonetheless, the diverse historical and geographically situated case studies within this collection also demonstrate the need to read exceptionalism carefully. Claims to exceptionalism have proved powerful, yet have not protected children’s healthcare settings from failure or cuts. Furthermore, claims to ‘exceptionalism’ may position the population of children as a monolith, obscuring the diversity of needs and experiences.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Pedagogy, Religion and Social Studies, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway"
      ],
      "name": "Francesca Vaghi"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Urban Studies and Social Policy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Ellen Stewart"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Jennifer Crane"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Charity and children’s hospitals—exceptionalism, experiences and welfare",
  "uid": "45e4a8ae-bec1-5e9b-94c0-fe3f31a2e3cd"
}