Healthcare Architecture in an Era of Radical Transformation
Editorial Reviews Annmarie Adams, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians "a superb introduction to the major hospital architects of the late twentieth century" Book Description The history of the hospital has been so neglected in publications covering the past three decades that it comes as a jolt that the hospital itself has slipped out of the starring role. This important book for both architectural and medical professionals focuses on the rise and demise of the modern megahospital of the 1950s and 60s and the turn toward community-based healthcare centers, hospitals, and clinics that we are beginning to see at the turn of the century. Each chapter surveys changing attitudes in health care and the parallel changes effected in architecture. In addition to critiquing what did and didn't work and why in the way of architectural design, the authors present the conditions and events that have characterized the healthcare picture during the past decades: the dilemma of the inner city hospital, the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid, the rise of the investor-owned hospital, and the coming of the hospice movement. They devote an entire chapter on architectural environments for the aged, ending with likely consequences of baby-boom aging.
Healthcare Architecture in an Era of Radical Transformation,Stephen Verderber,David J. Fine,Yale University Press,0300078390,Architecture,Design and construction,General,Health facilities,Hospital Administration,Hospital architecture,Public Buildings Architecture,Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings,Architecture / Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings
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