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Figure 5-10 Sun Health Hospice, Scottsdale, Arizona maintains natural desert landscape

environment of care and proximity to Nature and facilities to accommodate other activities and families.

“Early on, we all thought of hospice as a place that would be an alternative to the medical centre with its cold architecture and emphasis on procedures. Visions of vine-covered sanctuaries in wooded settings where patients would be surrounded by nature, have good home cooked meals and where their families could stay as long as they pleased, filled our head. “ (Flood, 1984)

Figure 1-2 Restorative garden at the Essa Flory Hospice Centre, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, allows for respite and contemplation along paths and semi-private areas

and contemplation along paths and semi-private areas

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Figure 5-10 Sun Health Hospice, Scottsdale, Arizona maintains natural desert landscape

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