Sense and sensibilities: In search of the child-friendly hospital

Built Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 405-416

  Birch, Jo ^a   Curtis, Penny ^a   James, Allison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DESIGN; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PUBLIC SPACE; VIEW; YOUNG POPULATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41649085182     PISSN: 02637960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2148/benv.33.4.405     Document Type: Article

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