Art & Aesthetics in Nursing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780887376092)

This book presents a new potential for health care in scholarship, edu cation, and practice. Does the aesthetic environment affect the qualit y of care? Can art be a significant force in healing? Celebrated contr ibutors demonstrate the deep connections between aesthetic awareness a nd caring-based practice. Music, narrative, painting, and more are fea tured as viable therapeutic modalities essential for reclaiming nursin g as a human art and science.

Author: Peggy L. Chinn, Jean Watson, Chinn
ISBN-10: 0887376096
ISBN-13: 9780887376092
Publisher: National League for Nursing
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2007
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.79d