Kids in the atrium: Comparing architectural intentions and children's experiences in a pediatric hospital lobby

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 658-667

  Adams, Annmarie ^a   Theodore, David ^c   Goldenberg, Ellie ^b   McLaren, Coralee ^b   McKeever, Patricia ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Children's healthcare architecture; Evidence based design; Hospitals; Participatory research; Photo elicitation; Place

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; RESEARCH; YOUNG POPULATION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIALIZATION; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OBSERVATION; ONTARIO; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 75849159158     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.049     Document Type: Article

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