title: Combining aesthetics and practicality in health care architecture.
abstract: Architecture, like health care, is a service profession. It serves not only a functional purpose by providing designs for shelter, but also incorporates social purpose. It allows people to conduct business, congregate for amusement, express their faith, and educate themselves. It is also a collaborative art, creating an environment that influences its users by their interactions with it and how they use it.
authors.affiliation: van Dijk, Pace, Westlake & Partners, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van Dijk
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000592:standards*; D001108:Architecture / Q000592:standards*; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000592:standards*; D005160:Facility Design and Construction / Q000592:standards*; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006275:Health Facility Planning / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States