Multi-patient rooms are the status quo for hospitals in New Zealand. But this breaches best practice for healthcare and infection control protocols, as well as the rights of vulnerable patients.
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Today’s reports of crumbling, dilapidated and dangerous hospital buildings are a far cry from the design ambitions extolled by early NHS architects and planners.
2023 will mark the ten year anniversary of Australia’s National Arts and Health Framework. Our new research points the way forward from here.
The study of two hospitals was a first for researching the microbiology of the built environment in South Africa – a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding how to design healthier buildings.
Studies that look at the effect of nature on patients recovering from surgery have shown that it can enhance recovery. Now, some doctors are beginning to prescribe doses of nature to prevent illness.
Hospitals have been designed throughout the years to be functional. But for patients, that often means cold and scary. Two experts share findings that more pleasing environments could be good for patients.
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Professor of Marketing; Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Public Health, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Architecture, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor, Cultural Policy and Creative Industries, Adelaide University
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Senior Lecturer, Researcher, Architect, Healthy building specialist, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
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Lecturer in Creative Writing, Flinders University
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PhD Candidate, Architectural History, University of Edinburgh
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Dean (Research), College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Medicine and ethics, University of Otago Wellington, University of Otago
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Senior Clinical Lecturer, Health Sciences, University of Otago
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Associate Professor of Bioethics, University of Otago