Use the Library Catalog to find books on health care facility design and related materials. Publications on this subject are often found in many of the UC Libraries including Health Sciences, Nursing, DAAP and Langsam. Useful subject headings to search include:
Clinics
Halfway HousesHealth Facility PlanningHealth Facilities — Design and ConstructionHospitals — Design and ConstructionHospital Design and ConstructionLong Term Care FacilitiesMedical Centers
Miller,
Richard L. Hospital and Healthcare Facility Design.
New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2002.
DAAP RA967.M487 2002.
Article Indexes/Databases for architecture
Business Source Complete Connect
Business database with full text for over 3,600 serials, including over 1,000 peer-reviewed business journals. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
Sociological Collection Connect
Provides access to articles from over 300 English language journals in the social sciences from 1983 to the present. Some useful search terms include: health risk assessment, maternal health services, hospitals/design and construction, and AIDS. This database will provide more information on psychological/ sociological aspects of health care rather than design issues.