Designing for the needs of child patients in hospital settings
Judy Robertson, Madeline Balaam · 2013
This position paper reflects on a series of user centred design methods used with 8--14 year old patients in a children's hospital, with the aim of evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of these methods within this unusual context. We conclude that there are significant challenges inherent in this type of work and question the appropriateness of participatory design and its methods for this user group.