Education and Resources

Selected Reference Materials

The Role of the Physical Environment in the Hospital of the 21st Century: A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity 
Roger Ulrich*, Xiaobo Quan, Center for Health Systems and Design, College of Architecture, Texas A&M  University Craig. September 2004

The Business Case for Building Better Hospitals Through Evidence-Based Design
The Center for Health Design and Georgia Tech College of Architecture Blair L. Sadler, JD, Jennifer R. DuBose, MS, Eileen B. Malone, RN, MSN, Craig M. Zimring, PhD, September 2008

STATUS REPORT (1998): AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AFFECTS PATIENTS’ MEDICAL OUTCOMES 
by Haya R. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D.; Amanda J. Owens, J.D.; and Greta Golden Quality of Care Research – The Johns Hopkins University and The Center for Health Design

THE HEALING EFFECTS OF ART IN PEDIATRIC HEALTHCARE: ART PREFERENCES OF HEALTHY CHILDREN AND HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN
SARAJANE L. EISEN; Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies of Texas A&M University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, May 2006

THE NATURE OF ART
HENRY DOMKE; WORLD HEALTH DESIGN – April 2010

 

Additional Resources

 

The Center for Health Design

http://www.healthdesign.org/chd/resources/publications
 

National Institute of Building Sciences – Whole Building Design Guide – Therapeutic Environment

http://www.wbdg.org/resources/therapeutic.php
 

International Academy of Design for Design and Health – Research Papers and Articles 

http://www.designandhealth.com/Media-Publishing/Papers.aspx
 

AIA Academy of Architecture for Health

http://network.aia.org/academyofarchitectureforhealth/home/
 

Institute for Patient-Centered Design – Education and White Papers

http://www.patientcentereddesign.org/education_series/all_courses.html