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'Dr Michael Phiri has succeeded in a daunting task: bringing rigour and utility to the complex world of the design tools used to plan, design, construct and evaluate the physical infrastructure of health care in the UK and beyond. This book will be an essential companion to anyone involved in developing the health estate, and who wishes to know how the available tools link to the growing evidence base on healthcare building design.' - Jonathan Erskine, Executive Director, European Health Property Network, UK 'The emergence of Evidence-Based Design marks the evolution of contemporary creative practice from the ephemeral to a discipline at the core of health systems planning. Michael Phiri provides a valuable overview of the approaches, methods and tools available to those planners and architects formulating the future healthcare estate.' - Christopher Shaw, Senior Director, Medical Architecture and Chairman of 'Architects for Health', UK

'Dr Michael Phiri has succeeded in a daunting task: bringing rigour and utility to the complex world of the design tools used to plan, design, construct and evaluate the physical infrastructure of health care in the UK and beyond. This book will be an essential companion to anyone involved in developing the health estate, and who wishes to know how the available tools link to the growing evidence base on healthcare building design.' - Jonathan Erskine, Executive Director, European Health Property Network, UK 'The emergence of Evidence-Based Design marks the evolution of contemporary creative practice from the ephemeral to a discipline at the core of health systems planning. Michael Phiri provides a valuable overview of the approaches, methods and tools available to those planners and architects formulating the future healthcare estate.' - Christopher Shaw, Senior Director, Medical Architecture and Chairman of 'Architects for Health', UK 'Design Tools for Evidence-Based Health Care Design is a scholarly read that takes you on the journey of patient experience through the built environment, emphasising why the patient matters when designing a health facility.' - Steve Batson, Director, Bowman Riley Healthcare, UK

'Dr Michael Phiri has succeeded in a daunting task: bringing rigour and utility to the complex world of the design tools used to plan, design, construct and evaluate the physical infrastructure of health care in the UK and beyond. This book will be an essential companion to anyone involved in developing the health estate, and who wishes to know how the available tools link to the growing evidence base on healthcare building design.' - Jonathan Erskine, Executive Director, European Health Property Network, UK

'Dr Michael Phiri has succeeded in a daunting task: bringing rigour and utility to the complex world of the design tools used to plan, design, construct and evaluate the physical infrastructure of health care in the UK and beyond. This book will be an essential companion to anyone involved in developing the health estate, and who wishes to know how the available tools link to the growing evidence base on healthcare building design.' - Jonathan Erskine, Executive Director, European Health Property Network, UK 'The emergence of Evidence-Based Design marks the evolution of contemporary creative practice from the ephemeral to a discipline at the core of health systems planning. Michael Phiri provides a valuable overview of the approaches, methods and tools available to those planners and architects formulating the future healthcare estate.' - Christopher Shaw, Senior Director, Medical Architecture and Chairman of 'Architects for Health', UK 'Design Tools for Evidence-Based Health Care Design is a scholarly read that takes you on the journey of patient experience through the built environment, emphasising why the patient matters when designing a health facility.' - Steve Batson, Director, Bowman Riley Healthcare, UK

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Michael Phiri is the author of nine books and over 50 technical reports. He is the Director of Healing Architecture Research at the University of Sheffield and a chartered architect with over 20 years post-qualification experience in both private and public practice. He has research and teaching experience from Sheffield, York, Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt and Strathclyde Universities.

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