Coded data from patients’ health records are used in epidemiological research about incidence or prevalence of disease, drug safety monitoring, or long-term cohort tracking.

A patient’s view of themselves can be altered by iatrogenic trauma.

Modern evidence-based designers’ lineage was prominently shaped between 1800 and 1970.

William J. Hercules joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr David A. Deemer: “What Should Health Professions Trainees Learn About Built Environment Activism?”

Hospital design standards were debated for decades and were ultimately ceded to nurses and architects. This article describes key moments along that trajectory.

Jorie Braunold joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Hospital Design Standards and the AMA.”

This article offers examples of connections between built environments and health outcomes and regulation of built environments. 

Dr Jeanne Kisacky joins Ethics Talk to discuss changes in hospital design from the late 1800s to the present, and human-centered design specialist John Meyer explains how “design thinking” can help health professionals provide better care for patients.

In hospice settings, structures and spaces of caregiving must promote peace. How could peace design be applied to more health care settings?

Grayson Holt joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Johanna Glaser: “Why Is Hospice One of the Few Health Care Environments Structured for Peace?”