En este libro se puede encontrar la información imprescindible para la programación, el planteamiento, y el diseño de instalaciones sanitarias para resolver los estándares de calidad más altos posibles. Esta colección de ideas y de modelos de las mejores y más rentables instalaciones de la asistencia sanitaria se organizan en cinco áreas: las tendencias pasadas y futuras, la experiencia del paciente, el impacto del diseño, el diseño de nuevas tecnologías y estudios de caso del proyecto.
Acknowledgments vii
Preface ix

CHAPTER 1: NEW POSSIBILITIES
The Outlook for Healthcare Design in the Era of Reform.2
Acute Care Design: Emerging Trends.12
Ambulatory Care Design: The New Generation.21

CHAPTER 2: A SENSITIVE APPROACH
History of Healthcare Environments.38
Future Trends in Healing.49

CHAPTER 3: PATIENT-FOCUSED CARE
Patient Perspective.70
The Planetree Philosophy.77

CHAPTER 4: DESIGN IMPACT
Effects of Healthcare Interior Design on Wellness : Theory
and Recent Scientific Research.88
Design for Therapeutic Outcomes.105
Psyehoneuroimmunology.115
Creating a Total Healing Environment.121
Defining and Conveying Design Value.132

CHAPTER 5: DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES
Color for Healing.140
Beyond Silence: Music as Environmental Design.151
Art for Health : Emerging Trends.162

CHAPTER 6: PROJECT EXAMPLES/PEDIATRICS
New Regional Children's Hospital at Stanford.178
With Children in Mind: Novel Approaches to Waiting Area
and Playroom Design.192
The STAR-BRIGHT Pavilion.211
San Diego Children's Hospital and Health Center Addition.218

CHAPTER 7: PROJECT EXAMPLES/HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL OFFICES
The Aga Khan University Hospital and Medical Center.230
Lambeth Community Care Center.241
Medical Office Design: Theory and Types.252

CHAPTER 8: PROJECT EXAMPLES/LONG-TERM CARE
Theory and Types.268
The Corinne Dolan Alzheimer Center.284
Postscript.296
Index.301
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