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Lessons from Evidence-Based Medicine: What Healthcare Designers Can Learn From the Medical Field

June 1, 2009 / Dochitect / Evidence-Based Design

Letter to the Editors

Publication: Health Environments Research & Design Journal
Publication Reference: 2009 Summer;2(4):130-1.
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2009_HERD COVERThe theory paper by Viets entitled “Lessons from Evidence-Based Medicine: What Healthcare Designers Can Learn From the Medical Field,” advises that the field of medicine, like architecture, has faced many challenges in adopting an evidence-based approach.

Read dochitect’s letter to the editor in response to this article, which comments on the challenges faced in adopting an evidence-based approach, within both the medical and architectural fields.

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