The authors, after an historical, ethical and cultural examination of the hospital evolution in the centuries, consider the evolution from traditional medicine to the wellbeing medicine and the increase of services and healthcare demand strongly for chronic-degenerative pathologies that are constantly increasing. The need of professional multidisciplinary network in order to find new hospital solutions are analyzed and described by the authors. At the end, some hypotheses are proposed depicting the future medical and scientific scenarios and the new health care systems related to the urban context.
Contegiacomo, P., A. Nenci, A. Schiano, and U. Moscato. "Hospital Projecting: from Ethics to Technology." In Urban Diversities, Biosphere and Well-Being: Designing and Managing Our Common Environment (IAPS 20 Conference Proceedings on CD-Rom). IAPS. Rome, Italy: Aula Magna Sapienza University of Rome, 2008.