BIOPHILIC DESIGN PATTERNS AS TOOLS FOR ENHANCING PATIENTS’ HEALING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RECOVERY IN THE DESIGN OF NATIONAL CANCER HOSPITAL, ABUJA
Abstract In 2014, the World Health Organization in Nigeria recorded 150,000 new cancer cases with an estimated mortality rate of about 80,000. Even with this frightening statistic, there are few cancer clinics and only 11 cancer registries which are located in various teaching hospitals in different parts of the country. These facilities were approached using a generic design as such the psychosocial needs of the cancer patients were not ...
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