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Healthcare Office Design Can Make a Positive Difference for Rheumatology Patients

  |  Issue: July 2015  |  

Karen Appold is a medical writer in Pennsylvania.

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References

  1. Woodworth SE. Population-based design: A needs-assessment approach for designing healthcare environments. Academy of Architecture for Health Journal. March 2015.
  2. Lane D. The effect of a single music therapy session on hospitalized children as measured by salivary immunoglobin A, speech pause time, and a patient opinion Likert scale. [Unpublished doctoral dissertation.] Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland. 1990.

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