Embodying spirit, fostering connections: the design of an integrated cancer treatment centre
| dc.contributor.author | Westlund, Anna E. | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Mallory-Hill, Shauna (Interior Design) Crooks, Dauna (Nursing) | en |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Beaverford, Kelley (Interior Design) | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-10-15T19:23:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-10-15T19:23:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-10-15T19:23:58Z | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Interior Design | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Interior Design (M.I.D.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | For most people in North America, undergoing treatments for cancer occurs exclusively in a healthcare setting. All too often, this healthcare setting provides a backdrop privileging the technological requirements of conventional medicine over the well-being of the people who inhabit it. Conversely, this practicum project is founded on a different, more holistic approach to cancer care called integrative oncology. The project investigates how an integrative cancer treatment centre can be designed to be more than a technological backdrop, endeavoring to become an active entity that truly supports those dealing with cancer. The investigation includes an extensive literature review of theoretical and evidence-based sources that relate to fostering connections to nature on a variety of levels. Informed by this, a review of relevant design precedents and the functional issues of integrative cancer treatment, the investigation concludes with a design solution for an integrated cancer treatment centre and related findings. | en |
| dc.description.note | February 2011 | en |
| dc.format.extent | 8304076 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4280 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | biophilia | en |
| dc.subject | cancer | en |
| dc.subject | embodiment | en |
| dc.subject | healing place | en |
| dc.subject | healthcare | en |
| dc.subject | integrated oncology | en |
| dc.subject | interior design | en |
| dc.subject | spirit | en |
| dc.subject | sustainable | en |
| dc.title | Embodying spirit, fostering connections: the design of an integrated cancer treatment centre | en |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |