Art, Health and Well-Being
This chapter consists of two parts, by different authors, each invited to contribute independently to a chapter on ‘Art, Health and Well-Being’. David Haley in Part 1 argues that an expanded dynamic notion of art could provide the creative dialogue needed to value disparate readings of well-being. Peter Senior in Part 2 summarizes the important part played to date by the arts for health in the UK and elsewhere.
Research and Evaluation of the Exeter Health Care Arts Project
An arts project was initiated at the newly rebuilt district hospital in the city of Exeter in south west England. This paper describes an independent research evaluation project covering the period from its inception in 1992. The findings include both qualitative and economic aspects and were compared with the authors' wider experience of similar projects. For the first time the responses of clinical staff about the effects of art on the healing process, on therapeutic benefit and on morale are independently assessed. The results provide data and new insights into the interactions of patients, staff and visitors with the arts in the hospital environment. The conclusions offer important guidance for other arts projects and for researchers to develop the methodology in further studies, providing feedback for clinical staff, designers, artists, managers, and policy makers.
The Arts in Health Care: A Palette of Possibilities
A solution to get the problem off, have you found it? Really? What kind of solution do you resolve the problem? From what sources? Well, there are so many questions that we utter every day. No matter how you will get the solution, it will mean better. You can take the reference from some books. And the arts in health care a palette of possibilities is one book that we really recommend you to read, to get more solutions in solving this problem.