View Through a Window May Influence Recovery from Surgery
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Roger S. Ulrich
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Surgical patients with a window view of a natural setting had shorter hospital stays and used fewer analgesics than matched patients viewing a brick wall—foundational evidence that environmental design affects human outcomes.
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