HOSPITALS ARE

Sacred Spaces

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How should we RESPOND to sucha VULNERABLE state of

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Should we build corporate office‐style 

health facilities?

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INSTEAD, we should build places  that address REAL feelings…

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…responding to AUTHENTIC* needs  for comfort, hope and

meaning.

* thanks to Joe Pine for exactly the right word!

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Hospitals tend to confront

people with LIFE‐CHANGING

experiences…

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that call for SACRED SPACES…

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EVERYWHERE in the hospital.

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SACRED SPACES are memorable. 

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SACRED SPACES connect with nature. 

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SACRED SPACES have local meaning. 

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SACRED SPACES raise our spirits.

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SACRED SPACES are an economic asset. 

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