Polyclinics
Esquema
Jerarquía
Built Environment (Hierarchy Name) > Single Built Works (Hierarchy Name) > single built works (Built Environment) > <single built works by specific type> > <single built works by function> > institutional buildings > <health and welfare buildings> > health facilities > clinics (buildings, medical)
Descripción
Buildings that house clinics treating diseases and injuries of many sorts, offering broad general care that is usually on an outpatient basis. Polyclinics include hospital outpatient departments at a general practitioner health center or hospital in an urban or town environment, as well as facilities attached to major factories or other work places. They often contain reception and waiting rooms, a registration desk, consulting and treatment rooms, a pathological laboratory, X-ray facilities, physiotherapy areas, and small operating theaters.
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Otros términos
- polyclinic [en]
- policlinics [en]
- poliklinika [ru]