Primary Care Centres: A Guide to Health Care Design

ISBN-13: 9781138409040 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 212 str.

Geoffrey Purves

Opis

Explores the process of planning and designing buildings for frontline medical practice. Taking as a starting point the concept that good design contributes directly to healthy living, this book shows beneficial effects that a good design brief can bring to the staff, patients and visitors of health care facilities.

Spis treści

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Executive summary -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 An outline review of the main issues (including a summary of the approach to designing health buildings) -- Chapter 3 International comparisons -- Chapter 4 Political framework -- Chapter 5 Approach to briefing -- Chapter 6 Design development/measurement of design quality -- Chapter 7 Holistic care -- Chapter 8 Art in health -- Chapter 9 Case studies -- Chapter 10 The next steps -- Bibliography -- Further reading -- Acronyms -- Appendix A: Colour images -- Index.

O autorze

Purves, Geoffrey