Healthcare design can be challenging to research in that you must know a bit about the medical condition that the environment will help to treat. Facilities, environmental psychology, and evidence-based research and design are all important parts of the process. This guide will help guide you through the resources available to you to find the information you need.
Textbooks and suggested readings on healthcare topics for Fall 2023 are as follows:
Health Design Thinking (ebook via Ebook Central)
The Design Way: Intentional change in an unpredictable world (ebook via EBSCO)
Jobs to Be Done: Theory to practice (print book only)
Research Design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (print book only)
Planning, Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities, 4th edition (print book only)
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