Hospital space interpreted according to Heideggers concepts of care and dwelling

This study, integrating Heidegger’s concepts of dwelling and care, contends that ‘care’ is a vital concept in terms of the fundamental spatiality of hospitals and needs to be restored as the key guiding principle affecting hospital space. The loss of the caring spirit in the development of modern hospitals affects how hospitals are conceived, built and managed, as well as how human experiences within hospitals are dealt with or allowed for appropriately. This study offers critical reflection on how future planning of hospital spaces can be better conducted to ensure that human experiences, and the care needed to appropriately value such experiences, are adequately expressed, and the complexity of human existence is suitably considered.
Source: Medical Humanities - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research