Transdisciplinary approach to design of a total healing environment

Abstract

© 2017, Springer International Publishing AG. This chapter presents a theoretical analysis and contribution to the understanding of the role of transdisciplinary design in the process of developing a total healing environment (THE) for sustainable healthcare systems in the twenty-first century. The concept of THE, through transdisciplinary built environment design, can strongly contribute to the development of the health systems and strengthen the need for integrated treatment of contemporary healthcare issues that can respond to the needs of the local and global users. Transforming predominantly closed national healthcares into universal, open, accessible, flexible total healing spaces articulates new, sustainable intentions on a new platform of universal integrated healthcare values.