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Ideal States: Towards a Joint Knowledge and Operating Framework for Design and Medical Practices

Current collaboration between the fields of design and healthcare usually expedites particular types of solution, e.g. more ‘equipment’ or ‘devices’, used by the professions on the patient. What value can design thinking, processes and methods, in collaboration with healthcare, bring more broadly to bear on the dynamic pathways of individuals experiencing ageing, change in health, illness and disability?

Principal Investigator
Prof Alastair Macdonald
Glasgow School of Art
T: 0141 353 4715
E: a.macdonald@gsa.ac.uk
W: www.idealstates.co.uk
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