{"product_id":"modern-hospice-design-9781032308159","title":"Modern Hospice Design","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe new edition of this acclaimed book comprehensively updates its timely advocacy of the need for good quality palliative care, today more necessary than ever. Rooted in the social history of the care of the elderly and terminally ill, \u003cem\u003eModern Hospice Design: The Architecture of Palliative and Social Care\u003c\/em\u003e takes cognisance of the new conditions of social care in the 21st century, principally in the UK, Europe and North America. It does so with regard to the development of new building types, but also in response to new philosophies of palliative care and the status of the elderly and the dying. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenefitting from a clearer methodological approach and conceptual framework, the expanded book allows a broad section of readers to navigate the text more easily. At its core is a public discussion of a philosophy of design for providing care for the elderly and the vulnerable, taking the importance of architectural aesthetics, the use of quality materials, the porousness of de\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat reviewers have said about Ken Worpole's most recent books:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLast Landscapes: the architecture of the cemetery in the West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the most thought-provoking books of the year.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE INDEPENDENT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An intensely personal analysis, supported by wonderful photographs.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE ARCHITECTS' JOURNAL, BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A richly humane and engrossing book which incorporates a huge range of sources: he quotes anthropologists, novelists and a wealth of thinkers. The result is a work that is warm, compassionate, intelligent and thought-provoking.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBUILDING DESIGN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern Hospice Design: the architecture of palliative care\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Ken Worpole traces a path out of the darkness and into the light: from the Victorian asylum or sanatorium, devised to punish the sick, to the hospice movement and its assertion that even those who can't be made well by clinical medicine are entitled to be treated by the medical profession with not just dignity but something like love.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This concise, well-referenced book encourages the reader to consider whether design can foster hope…Worpole’s book speaks directly to designers and health care professionals to take this opportunity to engage with the deeper issues of ritual and occasion.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJOURNAL OF DESIGN HISTORY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. A new world of palliative and social care 2. A house at the end of life 3. Be kind quickly: how the modern hospice movement changed (nearly) everything 4.The brief is everything 5. Public faces and private places 6. Everything gathered in one room 7. Open to the world and to life 8. In a hospice garden 9. The evening land\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49371811021143,"sku":"9781032308159","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032308159.jpg?v=1730154657","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/modern-hospice-design-9781032308159","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}