Healing spaces : the science of place and well-being /

A respected neuroscientist shows how some surroundings - from hospital rooms with windows to traditional religious shrines - can greatly improve healing from illness, and shows ways to create a healthier environment.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sternberg, Esther M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Architectural design > Health aspects.
Hospital buildings > Design and construction.
Architecture.
Hospital Design and Construction
Architecture as Topic
Environment Design
Health Facility Environment
Hôpitaux (Édifices) > Conception et construction.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Public, Commercial & Industrial.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Healing > General.
Öffentlicher Raum
Gesundheit
Umgebungseinfluss
Lebensraum
Öffentlicher Raum.
Gesundheit.
Umgebungseinfluss.
Lebensraum.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Healing places
  • Seeing and healing
  • Sound and silence
  • Cotton wool and clouds of Frankincense
  • Mazes and labyrinths
  • Finding your way...
  • ...and Losing it
  • Healing thought and healing prayer
  • Hormones of hope and healing
  • Hospitals and well-being
  • Healing cities, healing world
  • Healing gardens and my place of peace.

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