Psychoesthetic environmental design for pediatric care facilities.

Abstract

Since the emotional reactions of children have a direct effect on their health exclusive of their disease, health care facilities are obligated to serve the psychological and emotional needs of pediatric patients as well as their physiologic needs. Following guidelines of certain environmental and psychological studies, intelligent and creative decoration can be executed by use of elemental design principles to achieve the atmosphere in a facility capable of satisfying the demands of the patient, the family, and the working personnel.