Specialised Hospitals: Design and Planning

The consideration for designer of modern health care facilities is not only to provide a clean and efficient health care environment. Patients’ health, safety, emotions are not only depend on staff ’s professional skill, and the environment also has healing benefits, which won more recognition. Specialized hospital focuses on one medical discipline, its space design thus must carefully consider specialized medical and procedure model and patients’ special requirements. Children’s hospital (pediatrics/adolescent), women’s hospital (obstetrics and gynecology),
cancer centre (cancer and radiotherapy and chemotherapy) and mental health hospital included in this book are “artworks” with healing function, which created by architects, interior designers, ar tists and health care staff together.