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Healing Places
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- CHAPTER ONE - Introduction
- CHAPTER TWO - Epidauros: Asclepius and Dream Healing
- CHAPTER THREE - Bath: Healing Mineral Springs
- CHAPTER FOUR - Lourdes: Healing Pilgrimages
- CHAPTER FIVE - Therapeutic Hospital Environments
- CHAPTER SIX - Conclusion
- Works Cited
- Index
- About the Author
