Healing Places

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Beskrivning

Is there healing beyond the walls of a modern hospital? Healing Places looks at how different environments affect our physical, mental, spiritual, social, and emotional healing. It sets out four dimensions found in healing environments—natural, built, symbolic, and social—and applies these ideas to three places that achieved a lasting reputation for healing: Epidauros in Greece, Bath in England, and Lourdes in France. Gesler's engaging and innovative approach draws from a variety of fields, from geography and environmental psychology to medicine, sociology, and anthropology. Comparing these healing places to today's hospital, Gesler shows that place and healing are inextricably linked and advocates that health care should go well beyond biomedical solutions.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-03-01
Mått:149 x 226 x 11 mm
Vikt:213 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:144
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780742519565

Utforska kategorier

Folkhälsa och hälsopedagogik inom Medicin
Alternativ medicin och terapier inom Medicin
Geografi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Wilbert M. Gesler is professor emeritus of geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a visiting professor of geography at Queen Mary, University of London.

Recensioner i media

Gesler brings important insights to our understanding of healing, making innovative connections between different kinds of environments in the process. He highlights the complexity of health, and the importance of understanding how healing takes place in, and is shaped by particular places. Healing Places demonstrates clearly that geographers have an important and original contribution to make in understanding health and wellbeing, both historically and in the present day.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Epidauros: Asclepius and Dream HealingChapter 3 Bath: Healing Mineral SpringsChapter 4 Lourdes: Healing PilgrimagesChapter 5 Therapeutic Hospital EnvironmentsChapter 6 Conclusion