This book is an international view of the issues related to the safety and
health of which the spaces for the provision of health services have as
an intrinsic responsibility.
Here we can observe works carried out by representatives of healthcare
architecture and engineering from Argentina, Colombia, Italy, Japan,
Spain, the United States of America, in addition to important Brazilian
authors. Diff erent looks and refl ections on multiple approaches of equally
diverse interests of hospitals from all over the world.
In this practical and accessible book, we present some contributions
concerning the theme of Hospital and Healthcare Environment for Patient
and Worker Safety with new contributions to security and risk reduction
in healthcare environments.