1st Edition

An Introduction to Inclusive Healthcare Design

Edited By Kiwana T. McClung, Denise M. Linton Copyright 2024
242 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

242 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

242 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

An 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... Read more

Part 1: Overview of the Variety of Scales, Locations, and Types of Healthcare Settings

1. Regional Healthcare Systems

GAROLD HAMILTON

2. Health Sciences Centers and Academic Medical Centers

MARIANNE GRAFFAM

3. Healthcare in Hospitals

RONNIE URSIN

4. Neighborhood, Ambulatory Settings, Birthing Centers, and Mobile Healthcare Settings and Units

JESSICA McCARTHY

5. Healthcare in the Home

JUSTIN FONTENOT

Part 2: General Principles for the Design of Equitable, Inclusive Healthcare Settings and Innovations in the Design of Healthcare Spaces

6. Considerations for the Design of Healthcare Facilities Across Multiple Scales: Part I: Healthcare Environmental Control Systems and Safety

DENISE M. LINTON AND KIWANA T. McCLUNG

7. Considerations for the Design of Healthcare Facilities Across Multiple Scales: Part II: The Healthcare Experience

KRISTI L. ANDERSON

8. Planning and Design Principles for Healthcare Settings at the Regional, City or Town, and Neighborhood Scales

ANGELA A. APPIAH AND BEVERLY ANN COLLINS

9. The Design of Healthcare Centers/Hospital and Healthcare Campuses

TWILA STERLING-GUILLORY AND VERONICA D. WOODARD

10. Considerations for Ambulatory Settings

HARMONY ROCHON AND CHRISTIAN WILD

11. Patient Room Considerations for Different Healthcare Needs and Scales

KENESHIA BRYANT-MOORE

12. The Design of Residential Spaces for Healthcare

KIWANA T. McCLUNG

Part 3: The Future of Healthcare and Alternative Healthcare Situations

13. Renewable Energy in Healthcare and Energy Systems for Resilience

KARI J. SMITH

14. Innovations in Healthcare Design: Device, Delivery, and System

ELHAM MORSHEDZADEH

Biography

Denise M. Linton is a retired tenured professor and professorship holder from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She is a former researcher, an international speaker, an author, and an active Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

Kiwana T. McClung is a professor in the School of Architecture & Design and serves as Chief Inclusion Officer at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.