Healing Places
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: May 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780742519565
Subjects: Complementary Medicine; Environmental factors; Health psychology; Human geography; Medical; Hospital Administration; Travel - General; Medical geography; Reference - Spas; Non-Classifiable; Health resorts; Human Services; Environmental health; Healing; Hospital architecture
Description: Is there healing beyond the walls of a modern hospital? Wilbert Gesler examines how different environments affect physical, mental, spiritual, social and emotional areas of healing. He argues that place and healing are inextricably linked, and more attention should be paid to this correlation.