An Introduction to Inclusive Healthcare Design
An Introduction to Inclusive Healthcare Design is a comprehensive guide to the design and facilitation of safe, healthy, equitable, and inclusive healthcare settings across a variety of scales. The book informs healthcare professionals, healthcare administrators, planners, designers in the healthcare sector, design students, and faculty about best practices and considerations for inclusive design.

The primary theme for the book is design for all – considering the design of healthcare spaces through the lenses of inclusivity and social equity. Part 1 presents the reader with an overview of the variety of locations and types of healthcare settings. Part 2 provides a comprehensive overview of the principles of equitable and inclusive healthcare design and considers how these principles can be applied to the range of settings laid out in Part 1. The authors consider inclusivity-supportive infrastructure in primary and ancillary spaces within healthcare settings. Part 3 envisions the future of inclusive healthcare design, considering the integration of virtual reality and artificial intelligence, as well as addressing the ever more relevant issue of healthcare provision in settings at risk of natural disasters.

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An Introduction to Inclusive Healthcare Design
An Introduction to Inclusive Healthcare Design is a comprehensive guide to the design and facilitation of safe, healthy, equitable, and inclusive healthcare settings across a variety of scales. The book informs healthcare professionals, healthcare administrators, planners, designers in the healthcare sector, design students, and faculty about best practices and considerations for inclusive design.

The primary theme for the book is design for all – considering the design of healthcare spaces through the lenses of inclusivity and social equity. Part 1 presents the reader with an overview of the variety of locations and types of healthcare settings. Part 2 provides a comprehensive overview of the principles of equitable and inclusive healthcare design and considers how these principles can be applied to the range of settings laid out in Part 1. The authors consider inclusivity-supportive infrastructure in primary and ancillary spaces within healthcare settings. Part 3 envisions the future of inclusive healthcare design, considering the integration of virtual reality and artificial intelligence, as well as addressing the ever more relevant issue of healthcare provision in settings at risk of natural disasters.

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An Introduction to Inclusive Healthcare Design

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Overview

An Introduction to Inclusive Healthcare Design is a comprehensive guide to the design and facilitation of safe, healthy, equitable, and inclusive healthcare settings across a variety of scales. The book informs healthcare professionals, healthcare administrators, planners, designers in the healthcare sector, design students, and faculty about best practices and considerations for inclusive design.

The primary theme for the book is design for all – considering the design of healthcare spaces through the lenses of inclusivity and social equity. Part 1 presents the reader with an overview of the variety of locations and types of healthcare settings. Part 2 provides a comprehensive overview of the principles of equitable and inclusive healthcare design and considers how these principles can be applied to the range of settings laid out in Part 1. The authors consider inclusivity-supportive infrastructure in primary and ancillary spaces within healthcare settings. Part 3 envisions the future of inclusive healthcare design, considering the integration of virtual reality and artificial intelligence, as well as addressing the ever more relevant issue of healthcare provision in settings at risk of natural disasters.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781032540498
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 07/02/2024
Pages: 242
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Denise M. Linton is a retired tenured professor and professorship holder from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She is a former researcher, an international speaker, an author, and an active Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

Kiwana T. McClung is a professor in the School of Architecture & Design and serves as Chief Inclusion Officer at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Table of Contents

Part One: Overview of the variety of scales, locations, and types of healthcare settings  1. Regional Healthcare Systems  2. Health Sciences Centers and Academic Medical Centers  3. Healthcare in Hospitals  4. Neighborhood, Ambulatory Settings, Birthing Centers, and Mobile Healthcare Settings and Units  5. Healthcare in the Home  6. Considerations for the design of healthcare facilities across multiple scales - Part I: Healthcare Environmental Control Systems and Safety  Part Two: General principles for the design of equitable, inclusive healthcare settings and Innovations in the design of healthcare spaces  7. Considerations for the design of healthcare facilities across multiple scales - Part II: The Healthcare Experience  8. Planning and Design Principles for Healthcare Settings at the Regional, City or Town, and Neighborhood Scales  9. The Design of Healthcare Centers/Hospital and Healthcare Campuses  10. Considerations for Ambulatory Settings  11. Patient Room Considerations for Different Healthcare Needs and Scales  12. The Design of Residential Spaces for Healthcare  Part Three: The Future of Healthcare and Alternative Healthcare Situations  13. Renewable Energy in Healthcare and Energy Systems for Resilience  14. Innovations in Healthcare Design: Device, Delivery, and System

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