Building patient-centeredness: Hospital design as an interpretive act

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1057-1066

  Bromley, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumerism; Hospital design; Medical professionalism; Patient centeredness; Patienthood; USA

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ESTHETICS; HEALTH CARE; HEURISTICS; HOSPITAL SECTOR;

ARTICLE; CARE AND CARING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CENTEREDNESS; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863524009     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.037     Document Type: Article

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