EXISTING RESEARCH:
PHYSICAL PARAMETERS
The authors performed a MEDLINE¨ and associated literature
survey in an attempt to ascertain the state of the research.
The survey was organized by those elements of a
physical environment that are (a) popularly considered; (b)
researched; or (c) identified by the healing design systems
discussed in this paper as important to a healing environment.
Interesting and relevant findings from related research
fields are included, but the focus is on the health care setting.