Carpman Design That Cares 2e: Planning Health Facilities for Patients and Visitors (J–B AHA Press) - Softcover

Carpman, Janet R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787957399 ISBN 13: 9780787957391

Publisher: John Wiley &Sons, 2001

Synopsis

Hospital design speaks volumes about the beliefs and values of health care in general. For many years, hospital after hospital has been constructed in the interests of physicians, trustees, and administrators. Rarely has the patient been a top priority in facility design. "Design That Cares" is a groundbreaking book written for decision makers. Including general guidelines, drawings, and instructive examples, this work develops an essential perspective previously absent from health care design. "Design That Cares" contains a plethora of concrete architectural advice that will serve as an excellent place for executives to begin in rethinking present facility design in health care.

About this title

About the Author:

JANET R. CARPMAN, PhD, is partner in Carpman Grant Associates, Wayfinding Consultants, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The firm specializes in the analysis, planning, and design of wayfinding systems for health care facilities. Prior to establishing her own firm, Dr. Carpman directed the Patient and Visitor Participation Project at the University of Michigan Medical Center for six years. She is the recipient of national design research awards from Progressive Architecture magazine, Industrial Design magazine, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Dr. Carpman is the author of more than 35 publications and a former member of the board of directors of the Environmental Design Research Association. She holds a PhD in architecture and sociology from the University of Michigan, an MCP (master of city planning) from Harvard University, and a BA in sociology from the University of Rochester. MYRON A. GRANT, MLA, is partner in Carpman Grant Associates, Wayfinding Consultants, Ann Arbor, Michigan. A landscape architect by training and a wayfinding system analyst and designer by practice, he specializes in design based on information about the needs and preferences of facility users. Mr. Grant was assistant project director of the Patient and Visitor Participation Project at the University of Michigan Medical Center for six years. He is the recipient of national design research awards from Progressive Architecture magazine, Industrial Design magazine, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is a member of SEGD, the Society for Environmental Graphic Design. Mr. Grant holds an MLA (master of landscape architecture) and a BFA (bachelor of fine arts), both from the University of Michigan.

From the Back Cover:

The Essential, Award–Winning Guide to Planning and Designing Caring Health Facilities

At a time when cost containment and advanced technology are pressing issues in healthcare, the human needs of healthcare consumers often take a back seat. Design That Cares offers health–facility design decision–makers and students the equivalent of a map and directions for achieving excellence in customer–focused, evidence–based health facility design that cares for and about patients and visitors.

Design That Cares, Third Edition begins with a look at humanistic health facility design and related research. It focuses on the patient′s and visitor′s journey through a generic facility, laying out key design and behavior issues, including planning for arrival and exterior wayfinding, interior wayfinding and the circulation system, reception and waiting areas, diagnostic and treatment areas, inpatient rooms and baths, access to nature, and the needs of users with disabilities. It also describes how users can meaningfully participate in health facility design.

Design That Cares is filled with relevant research, planning and design guidelines, design review questions, chapter summaries, and discussion questions. The authors draw on classic and recent studies by a large community of health facility researchers and designers.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley &Sons
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0787957399
• ISBN 13: 9780787957391
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 332