Following on from the best selling Healthy Living Centres, this new
edition explores the process of planning and designing buildings
for frontline medical practice. Incorporating the theory that good
design means healthy living the author shows the beneficial effects
that a good brief can bring to the staff, patients and visitors of
health care facilities and gives a practical guide to achieving
this. After reviewing the historical approach to primary health
care and outlining key current and projected developments, the book
goes on to reveal the network of relationships that influence the
design of the new generation of frontline medical practices. Purves
sets new standards and procedures for uncovering and resolving the
inherent conflicts of the design process, and shows how investment
in effective architecture is beneficial to all users. International
case studies including examples from the US, Japan and South Africa
provide technical detail and show what a good design can achieve *
Comprehensive technical coverage of primary health care planning
and design * Exploration of the design process, focusing on the
relationship between the architectural and medical profession *
Highly illustrated, including 8 colour plate sections
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