Environmental affordances: Designing for family presence and involvement in patient care

Health Environments Research and Design Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 53-75

  Choi, Young Seon ^a   Bosch, Sheila J ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Smith and Partners   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care intensive care; Evidence based design; Patient centered care; Quality care; Social support

Indexed keywords

FAMILY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT CARE;

CRITICAL CARE; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

EID: 84893439451     PISSN: 19375867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193758671300600404     Document Type: Article

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