Primary Health Care Centres

This presents a review of current trends and future demands for Primary Health Care Centres.

A major shift is taking place away from the provision of large hospitals towards smaller, satellite facilities which are able to respond to, and be more accessible for local health requirements.

This book addresses and illustrates the critical issues for buildings of this kind.

It discusses the whole range of primary health care centres, from family doctors' surgeries to larger and more complex multi-facility medical centres.

The book sets out the principles for good design and illustrates these buildings types and with its use of case studies taken from the United Kingdom, Japan, United States, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.

It discusses current trends and future directions and concludes with the design and economic factors which will shape future generations of architecture for primary health care.