An Introduction to Inclusive Healthcare Design

.An Introduction to Inclusive Healthcare DesignAn Introduction to Inclusive Healthcare Design is a comprehensive guide to the design and facilitation of safe, healthy, equitable, and inclusive healthcare settings across a variety of scales. The book informs healthcare professionals, healthcare administrators, planners, designers in the healthcare sector, design students, and faculty about best practices and considerations for inclusive design. The primary theme for the book is design for all – considering the design of healthcare spaces through the lenses of inclusivity and social equity. Part 1 presents the reader with an overview of the variety of locations and types of healthcare settings. Part 2 provides a comprehensive overview of the principles of equitable and inclusive healthcare design and considers how these principles can be applied to the range of settings laid out in Part 1. The authors consider inclusivity-supportive infrastructure in primary and ancillary spaces within healthcare settings. Part 3 envisions the future of inclusive healthcare design, considering the integration of virtual reality and artificial intelligence, as well as addressing the ever more relevant issue of healthcare provision in settings at risk of natural disasters.Additional ISBNs9781032540481, 9781040039045, 9781003414902An Introduction to Inclusive Healthcare Design 1st Edition is written by Denise M. Linton and published by Routledge. ISBNs for An Introduction to Inclusive Healthcare Design are 9781040039069, 1040039065 and the print ISBNs are 9781032540498, 1032540494. Additional ISBNs include 9781032540481, 9781040039045, 9781003414902.