Have you ever been involved in planning or designing new health care facilities? Well the Library has a number of books which could help give you some direction with this complex task. These titles below have been either used in planning the Alfred Centre or were highly recommended by hospital administrators.

> Building type basics for healthcare facilities
Richard L. Kobus ... [et al.].
Bobrow/Thomas and Associates
New York : Wiley, 2000.
Alfred Library : 725.51 K75B 2000

> Healing the hospital environment : design, management, and maintenance of healthcare premises
Sarah Hosking and Liz Haggard.
New York : E & FN Spon, 1999.
Alfred Library : 362.11068 H826H 1999

> Healthcare architecture in an era of radical transformation
Stephen Verderber, David J. Fine.
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2000.
Alfred Library : 725.51 V483H 2000

> Healthcare design
edited by Sara O. Marberry.
New York : Wiley, 1997.
Alfred Library : 725.51 M312H 1997

An interesting book on hospital design from a previous era is Notes on Hospitals by Florence Nightingale (1863).
Pictured above is the 'Bright Ward', Guys Hospital.

> Improving healthcare with better building design
Sara O. Marberry, editor.
Chicago, IL : Health Administration Press, 2006.
Alfred Library : 362.11 M312.I 2006

> Putting patients first : designing and practicing patient-centered care
Susan B. Frampton, Laura Gilpin, Patrick A. Charmel, editors.
Planetree Alliance
San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, 2003.
Alfred Library : 610.696 F813P 2003