The role of the architectural design of wards which is responsive to patients preferences and expectations is an important contribution to the design of a modern hospital. In particular, patients privacy is known to be important for patients physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being. However, little is known about the relationship between the spatial structure of hospital wards and patient preferences for privacy. This book presents a multi-angle insight into the relationship between hospital ward design and aspects of visual privacy as a design criterion within the...