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    Design and Architecture

    Healing by Design

    You don't hear much about design in the healthcare reform debate, but the way a hospital is planned may affect the way you heal. We hear about the "hospital of the future," under construction in the Southland. Plus, advice on scarifying creations for Halloween from Where the Wild Things Are and from two Los Angeles window dressers.

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    By Frances Anderton • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Lorie Shoemaker

      Chief Nurse Executive, Palomar Pomerado Health

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      Project Director, CO Architects

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      Research Consultant, Center for Health Design

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