Hospital outdoors quality through users’ experience

Can we talk about the quality of Hospital Outdoor Space? This book "Hospital Outdoors: quality through users' experience" is in continuity with the first book entitled "Health Spaces. Hospital outdoor environment" (ed. Tesis, 2015). In the first book, the editors aimed to shed light on the then under-researched problem of hospital outdoor spaces from the perspective of experts and academics, from top to bottom. In this second book, the same issue is explored from the bottom up by examining the opinions and attitudes of the users themselves: doctors, patients, visitors, delivery people and passers-by who are the daily actors in the vibrant everyday life of these specific urban areas. Using a methodology developed by the editors and shared with the different researchers/authors, the book offers an insight into the perception and use of open spaces around seven hospital facilities in different parts of the world (Europe, Africa, Central and South America). The case studies examined are: in Albania, the General Regional Hospital "Teni Konomi", Korça City (by M. Tuxhari); in Serbia, the University Hospital Medical Centre "Bežanijska kosa", Novi Beograd Municipality, Belgrade (J. Marić & Z. Đukanović); in Ethiopia, the Ayder Comprehensive Specialised Hospital, Mekelle City (by D. Semunugus); in Kenya, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi (by R. Manguru); in Sudan, Hajelsafi Hospital Khartoum, Bahri (by A.Y.E. Elhassan); in Guatemala, Sololá Hospital, Sololá, and in Paraguay (by A. Aguilar & L. E. Kohon Ortiz, Hospital Central of Instituto de Previsión Social, Asunción (by D. Acosta). Research in some parts of the world to identify the possible common positive and negative aspects of the characteristics and use of Hospital Outdoor Space.