Healthcare facilities in emerging countries : the challenge for India /: the challenge for India. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stefano Capolongo, Marco Gola, Andrea Rebecchi, editors.
• Editors: Capolongo, Stefano; Gola, Marco; Rebecchi, Andrea
• Contents: Intro; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 A New Challenge in Healthcare for India; Abstract; Rethinking the Healthcare in India; The Indian Context; The West Bengal Region; References; 2 The Current Indian Healthcare System and West Bengal's Health Status; Abstract; Indian National Health System; Epidemiological Scenario and Health Criticisms; Maternal and Child Health and Gender Issues; Access to Improved Toilets and Wastewater; Human Resources; Health Status in West Bengal; References; 3 The Existing Indian NGOs' Scenario and the Local Actions in West Bengal; Abstract. The Indian NGOs' ScenarioA Brief History Description of NGOs in India; NGOs in West Bengal; References; 4 Design Approaches for a New Indian Healthcare; Abstract; Definition of the Factors Involved and Goals to be Achieved; Environmental and Climatic Factors; Social, Cultural and Typological Factors; Construction-Technological Factors and Strategies; Bamboo; Mud; Straw; Steel; Linoleum; Lime; Sum up; References; 5 Healthcare for All: A New Multidisciplinary Approach for Designing and Managing Hospital Layouts in India; Abstract. A Dimensional, Building Performance and Healthcare Services' Focus of IIMC' Healthcare Facilities for Understanding the Current ScenarioCriteria of Settlement Development; Identification of Main Flows and Paths; Strategies for the Definition of the Urban Morphology; The Module; Functional Blocks and Aggregative Forms; A First Level of Care: Urban/Receptive Block; A Second Level of Care: The Outdoor Sanitary Block; A Third Level of Care: Indoor Sanitary Block; Energy Community Centre; Development of a Masterplan Meta-Project for a New Healthcare Scenario; Management Model. Considerations and PerspectivesReferences; 6 Mapping and Programming Healthcare Services for New Health Perspectives; Abstract; The Many Faces of West Bengal; Physical Infrastructures; Kolkata District and West Bengal; Timing-Distance Map of Kolkata; Walkability; Capillarity of Healthcare System in West Bengal; Mobile Healthcare; Healthcare on Wheels; Capillarity of a New Mobile Healthcare System Based on Timing and Distance Map; Urban Context: Strategies Through the Interaction of Existing Clinics, Healthcare Mobile Units and Health Campus. Rural Context: Strategies for a Networking Management Plan and Integrate Program of Through the Interaction of Healthcare Mobile Units and Health CampusHealthcare Scenarios; References; 7 Planning and Designing Impartial Health Systems Through Mobile Healthcare; Abstract; Design Requirements for Health Campus; Functional Layout; Distribution Configurations; Other Factors to be Considered; Designing a Health Campus; References; 8 New Perspectives for the Indian Population's Wellbeing and Health Promotion. Conclusions and Perspectives; Abstract; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 134 pages), 31 illustrations, 25 illustrations in color
• Subjects: 362.10681; Business; Health facilities -- India; Medical care -- India; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare; Health facilities; Medical care; Health Facilities; Hospital Design and Construction; Business and Management; Health Care Management; Energy Efficiency; Health Administration; Sustainable Development; Technology & Engineering -- Power Resources -- General; Medical -- Administration; Science -- Environmental Science; Energy technology & engineering; Medical administration & management; Sustainability; Management science; Health care management; Practice of medicine; Sustainable development; Health economics; India; India; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319723983; 3319723987
• Related ISBNs: 3319723979; 9783319723976
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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