title: Ward design: creating a healing patient-environment.
abstract: The drive for cost-effectiveness in hospital design over the decades has meant that minimal thought has been given to the effect of environments on patients' health. The author draws on research evidence to demonstrate how the appearance and ambience of patient areas can have profound effects on recovery patterns, and suggests that the creation of environments more conducive to healing need not incur heavy expense in time or money.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Biley
mesh_terms: D001154:Art; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D006757:Hospital Units