Principles of Holistic Medicine Applied to Infrastructure Maintenance: A Test Case

by Fred Catapano, 254 E. 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022,


Serial Information: Civil Engineering—ASCE, 1992, Vol. 62, Issue 1, Pg. 68-69


Document Type: Feature article

Abstract:

A humorous consideration of the question of whether holistic medicine�that is, the treatment of the entire physical and emotional configuration of the patient instead of the solely medical aspects of the condition�can be applied to the remediation of infrastructure deterioration (specifically, New York City's ailing Williamsburg Bridge), presented in the form of a mock-academic paper, complete with footnotes.

Subject Headings: Maintenance and operation | Infrastructure | Bridge tests | Mitigation and remediation | Human and behavioral factors | Deterioration | Bridge management

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