Modern hospice design : the architecture of palliative care / Ken Worpole.

Main entry:

Worpole, Ken, author.

Title & Author:

Modern hospice design : the architecture of palliative care / Ken Worpole.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009.

Description:

122 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A house at the end of life -- 'Be kind quickly' -- The brief is everything -- Public faces and private places -- Everything gathered in one small room -- In a hospice garden -- The evening land.

Summary:

The hospice has become an iconic building for today's culture. Nevertheless, this is not a book about hospitals as such, but about what lessons the hospice movement has for new ideas about buildings and healthcare across the globe.

ISBN:

9780415451802 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0415451809 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
9780415451796 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0415451795 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780203878101 (ebk.)
0203878108 (ebk.)
9780203878102

Subject:

Hospices (Terminal care) Design and construction.
Hospice care.
Palliative treatment.
Hospices
Facility Design and Construction
Hospice Care
Palliative Care
Soins en phase terminale.
Équipements de soins en phase terminale.
Soins palliatifs.
terminal care facilities.
Architektur
Hospiz
Hospis design och konstruktion.
Arkitektur.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 263643
Call No.: BIB 194860
Status: Available

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