Fundamentals of cancer treatment service design: a guideline considering the healing environment concept

Cankurtaran I., GÜNEL M. H.

Facilities, cilt.42, sa.5-6, ss.446-471, 2024 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 42 Sayı: 5-6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1108/f-12-2022-0158
  • Dergi Adı: Facilities
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, ABI/INFORM, Aerospace Database, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Communication Abstracts, INSPEC, Metadex, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.446-471
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Architectural design, Design methodology, Health-care architecture, Hospitals, Psychology of design, User-centred design
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Purpose: Cancer has become a priority among today’s health problems. Therefore, providing facilities that ensure high-quality cancer treatment has become an essential design problem. Additionally, a considerable number of studies have introduced the ‘healing environment concept’ as a substantial input for healthcare buildings. The purpose of this paper is to present a design guide for cancer treatment services that is compatible with the healing environment concept. Design/methodology/approach: In this context, studies on the healing environment have been analyzed, and the legislation of some selected countries has been assessed. Then, all the filtered data are used to form the design guideline for chemotherapy department, radiation oncology department and inpatient care services under a new series of analysis criteria. Findings: The resulting principles are revealed according to the criteria of general settlement principles, internal function relations, medical necessities, user experience, interior design, social interaction/privacy, safety, landscape design and outdoor relations by the help of proposed plans, diagrams and schematic drawings. Originality/value: This research constitutes the first and yet only study in its field that aims to increase efficiency and user satisfaction and provide better patient-centered care while providing a design guide on health-care architecture.