An assessment of briefs used for designing healthcare environments: A survey in Sweden

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 835-844

  Elf, Marie ^a   Svedbo Engström, Maria ^a   Wijk, Helle ^b  

^a Högskolan Dalarna ^*  (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assessment; Briefing; Building design; Healthcare; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; BRIEFING; BRIEFING PROCESS; BUILDING DESIGN; DESIGN TEAM; HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS; NEW INSTRUMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; WRITING PROJECTS;

CONSTRUCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH CARE;

CONSTRUCTION METHOD; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; FUTURE PROSPECT; HEALTH CARE; PLANNING PROCESS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH WORK;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84867634143     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2012.702917     Document Type: Article

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