Body and Mind
experiments in medical interventions
Lord Darzi's recent final report to government on the NHS Next Stage Review, 'High Quality Care For All', identified the needs of patients as individuals as a driver for the future. Yet there are daily interfaces with medical technologies, interventions and procedures that can have an alienating and dehumanising effect and seemingly deprive people of the compassion and dignity they need at times of heightened vulnerability and exposure.
This project asks how the design of these interventions could be more humane and provide solutions that tackle the difficulties associated with such procedures. Whilst everyday occurrences for professionals, they can represent an unsettling experience for the patient. What are the opportunities for design to make a difference?
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This project is open to undergraduates, postgraduates and those in the first year following graduation
Project brief (PDF 187KB, 4 pages)
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