The following are select articles from the November/December issue:
Healthcare Goes Green
By Timoth y R. Hughes and R. Tad LungerFundamentals remain in flux as groups organize green requirements for healthcare
Healthcare facilities face daily challenges in promoting the well-being of their patients. These challenges are exacerbated by a difficult economic environment, the current questionable future of healthcare reform, and ongoing changes in the healthcare market. At the same time, the design and construction industry has experienced a flood of interest in sustainable design and development.
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Seeking Out Spiritual Spaces
by Jeff Monzu
Whether the space is a chapel or a meditation room, care might also depend on faith
There is no longer any real question in the scientific and medical world; faith and spirituality often do play a role in health and healing, and that role may be more significant than previously understood. New research is showing that spirituality may indeed impact health. No less a mainstream publication than Time magazine recently reported that the connection between spirituality and getting well are being scientifically demonstrated. As reported there, Dr. Andrew Newberg of the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Spirituality and the Mind said, “A large body of science shows a positive impact of religion on health.”
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Surgical Suite: Creating the Optimal Environment
By Dan Pollock
The importance of good IAQ
Back when Hippocrates first uttered the oath that modernday doctors still swear by, none could have imagined the complex industry that healthcare would become. Certainly no one could have imagined that the buildings where healthcare is practiced could have such an impact on patients’ health outcomes. But this is indeed the case.
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