Waiting as Remedy: The Architecture of Emergent Care

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Jack McCarrick, Syracuse University

Document Type

Thesis Prep

Degree

M.ARCH I

Date

Spring 2013

Keywords

Architecture, Hospitals, Emergency Room, Waiting Room, Waiting, Remedy

Language

English

Disciplines

Architecture

Description/Abstract

While the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provides insured care to a much larger group of Americans, it has the potential to reduce the quality of care provided to patients, particularly in emergency departments. This research will argue for a reimagining of the emergency department in which there is a definitive split between the architectural implications of spaces where technical care is administered for biological needs (the emergency room) and spaces where primary and implied care can satisfy the psychological desires of inappropriate patients (the waiting room) in order to better serve appropriate patients.

Additional Information

Advisors: Robert Svetz / Brian Lonsway

Recommended Citation

McCarrick, Jack, "Waiting as Remedy: The Architecture of Emergent Care" (2013). Architecture Thesis Prep. 224.
https://surface.syr.edu/architecture_tpreps/224

Source

Student Submission

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