Document Type
Book
Files
Download Full Text (6.8 MB)
Download Front Pages, Abstract, Acknowledgements & Table of Contents (165 KB)
Download Part One: Design Guidelines (3.4 MB)
Download Part Two: Case Study Analysis (1.5 MB)
Download Part Three: Annotated Bibliography (1.3 MB)
Download Part Four: Epilogue (75 KB)
Download Appendix A: Illinois Administrative Code, Regulations for Single Room Maternity Care (216 KB)
Publication Date
1991
Abstract
This monograph describes and critically analyzes the range of birth environments in current use and identifies innovative and successful design features of new maternal care facilities. The monograph offers architects and hospital planners a set of design guidelines for renovating or planning new birth facilities. The recommended design concepts and features are based on users' needs and organizational goals in the context of birth environments. Project funded by the American Hospital Association and by an American Institute of Architects Research Grant.
ISBN
0938744763
Recommended Citation
Lerman, Alice, "Birth Environments: Emerging Trends and Implications for Design" (1991). Center for Architecture and Urban Planning Research Books. 29.
https://dc.uwm.edu/caupr_mono/29
Publisher
Center for Architecture and Urban Planning Research, University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee
City
Milwaukee, WI
Front Pages, Abstract, Acknowledgements & Table of Contents
birth_lerman_2.pdf (3509 kB)
Part One: Design Guidelines
birth_lerman_3.pdf (1520 kB)
Part Two: Case Study Analysis
birth_lerman_4.pdf (1365 kB)
Part Three: Annotated Bibliography
birth_lerman_5.pdf (75 kB)
Part Four: Epilogue
birth_lerman_6.pdf (216 kB)
Appendix A: Illinois Administrative Code, Regulations for Single Room Maternity Care