To their vision for the Ruth Children's Hospital, the Rappaport family has brought deep, respectful insights into the needs of youngsters and parents. They have called for a building whose design:
 
» Places the child and parents at the center of a holistic healing process

» Facilitates a return to family medicine's emphasis on the personal relationship between doctor and patient

» Is colorful and emphasizes comfort and serenity

» Balances youngsters' needs for both privacy and access to the outside world, recognizing the contribution of both to children's cognitive, emotional and social development

» Relates to the hospital environment as inseparable from both the surrounding community and the hospital's natural setting – in Rambam's case, the adjacent Mediterranean Sea with its capacity for soothing and healing the soul
  

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