Can Intensive Care Staff See Their Patients? An Improved Visibility Analysis Methodology

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 861-876

  Lu, Yi ^a   Zimring, Craig ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

health care facility; intensive care unit; space syntax; space use; visibility analysis

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; SPACE USE; VISIBILITY;

EID: 84868091726     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916511405314     Document Type: Article

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