The future of health care architecture.
The author reviews changes in society, the health care industry and the design and construction industry that may effect the future of health care architecture as a professional practice and as a building type. He reviews futurists' scenarios for health care and suggests potential models for the practice of architecture (and the construction industry) in serving health care in the future. He also describes possible changes in the buildings of health care. The author promotes architects having a responsibility for shaping the direction of change.
D001108:Architecture; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D005160:Facility Design and Construction / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D014481:United States