Humanising healthcare spaces through culture: designing of labour delivery room for the Malay Muslim community as case study

Modern an women had lived in medicalised world from birth till death with the advent of modern sciences brought about into the healthcare environment. Culture as a way of life of ordinary man suddenly stops as one enters the alien world of modern healthcare where certain expected behavioral standard...

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Main Authors: Mohd Nawawi, Norwina, Abdul Rahim, Zaiton
Other Authors: Del Nord, Romano
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Tesis-Inter University Research Centre 2016
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/55801/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/55801/1/UIA-PHG%202015-Chapter.pdf
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description Modern an women had lived in medicalised world from birth till death with the advent of modern sciences brought about into the healthcare environment. Culture as a way of life of ordinary man suddenly stops as one enters the alien world of modern healthcare where certain expected behavioral standards are required. Many researches were made to humanises healthcare environment so as to soften the clashes of the environment.However, there are very little inroads made to humanise the clinical areas of the healthcare environment apart from interior decoration and spatial layout. Malaysia had awaken from its colonial days and accepted the fact that traditional medicines lives in a separate stream from the mainstream modern medicine as alternative choices.Birthing as a normal event, however has been brought modern healthcare from its traditional setting to save life of both mother and child. The objective of this research is to humanise the clinical spaces of the modern healthcare environment using labour delivery room as the case study and the Malay-Muslim culture as the humanising factor
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spelling iium-558012017-02-17T08:30:35Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/55801/ Humanising healthcare spaces through culture: designing of labour delivery room for the Malay Muslim community as case study Mohd Nawawi, Norwina Abdul Rahim, Zaiton GT Manners and customs NA Architecture NA4100 Special classes of buildings RG Gynecology and obstetrics Modern an women had lived in medicalised world from birth till death with the advent of modern sciences brought about into the healthcare environment. Culture as a way of life of ordinary man suddenly stops as one enters the alien world of modern healthcare where certain expected behavioral standards are required. Many researches were made to humanises healthcare environment so as to soften the clashes of the environment.However, there are very little inroads made to humanise the clinical areas of the healthcare environment apart from interior decoration and spatial layout. Malaysia had awaken from its colonial days and accepted the fact that traditional medicines lives in a separate stream from the mainstream modern medicine as alternative choices.Birthing as a normal event, however has been brought modern healthcare from its traditional setting to save life of both mother and child. The objective of this research is to humanise the clinical spaces of the modern healthcare environment using labour delivery room as the case study and the Malay-Muslim culture as the humanising factor Tesis-Inter University Research Centre Del Nord, Romano 2016 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/55801/1/UIA-PHG%202015-Chapter.pdf Mohd Nawawi, Norwina and Abdul Rahim, Zaiton (2016) Humanising healthcare spaces through culture: designing of labour delivery room for the Malay Muslim community as case study. In: Health for All: Cultural, Operational and Technological Influences. Tesis-Inter University Research Centre, Florence, pp. 51-66. ISBN 978-88-941518-1-7
spellingShingle GT Manners and customs
NA Architecture
NA4100 Special classes of buildings
RG Gynecology and obstetrics
Mohd Nawawi, Norwina
Abdul Rahim, Zaiton
Humanising healthcare spaces through culture: designing of labour delivery room for the Malay Muslim community as case study
title Humanising healthcare spaces through culture: designing of labour delivery room for the Malay Muslim community as case study
title_full Humanising healthcare spaces through culture: designing of labour delivery room for the Malay Muslim community as case study
title_fullStr Humanising healthcare spaces through culture: designing of labour delivery room for the Malay Muslim community as case study
title_full_unstemmed Humanising healthcare spaces through culture: designing of labour delivery room for the Malay Muslim community as case study
title_short Humanising healthcare spaces through culture: designing of labour delivery room for the Malay Muslim community as case study
title_sort humanising healthcare spaces through culture: designing of labour delivery room for the malay muslim community as case study
topic GT Manners and customs
NA Architecture
NA4100 Special classes of buildings
RG Gynecology and obstetrics
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/55801/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/55801/1/UIA-PHG%202015-Chapter.pdf