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Psychiatric wards in DGHs? An architect's comments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Peter Barefoot*
Affiliation:
Designer, 1 Gaston Street East, Bergholt, Colchester, Essex CO7 6SD
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“Little as we know about the way in which we are affected by form, by colour and light, we do know this, they have an actual physical effect.” Florence Nightingale, Notes on Nursing

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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1992

References

1 ‘A room with a view’, a research programme at Pennsylvania reported in Science, US, 1984.Google Scholar
2 Alexander, C. et al (1977) A Pattern Language. New York: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
3 Psychiatric Wards in DGHs and Some Alternatives, the author's full report to the Royal Institute of British Architects, London 1991.Google Scholar
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