A growing body of research demonstrates how the arts – including literary, performing and visual arts as well as architecture and design – can greatly enhance the experience of healthcare, contributing to improved health outcomes, a better patient experience and lower healthcare costs. This unique book provides an overview of what the arts in healthcare can achieve and how to implement the arts in the most effective manner. Exploring possibilities for innovative program design and implementation – from healing gardens through public performances to bedside activities – the text draws on examples from a wide range of arts. The book then goes on to look at how programs can be aimed at specific populations and fields, such as children, palliative care and caregivers. This comprehensive book is an invaluable reference for all those studying or engaged in creating, designing, managing and evaluating arts in healthcare programs and initiatives.

A growing body of research shows how the arts can contribute to improved health outcomes, better patient experiences and lower healthcare costs. Exploring possibilities for program design and implementation, tailored to specific populations, it is suitable for those studying or engaged in designing, managing and evaluating arts in healthcare programs.

Using the Creative Arts in Therapy and Healthcare provides a practical introduction to the uses of arts and other creative processes to promote health and encourage healing. This latest edition includes newly edited chapters from the original and second edition covering the therapeutic use of dance, drama, folklore and ritual, story telling and the visual arts. Information on guidelines, preparations and practical hints for leaders and facilitators has also been updated. New chapters provide an international perspective in the field of the arts and healthcare, and show how the artist can alleviate distress for patients through art, music and drama. Illustrated throughout with ideas and examples of how the arts can be used in a range of healthcare settings, this book will be essential reading for creative arts therapists and healthcare professionals throughout the world.

The six volumes of Peterson's Annual Guides to Graduate Study, the only annually updated reference work of its kind, provide wide-ranging information on the graduate and professional programs offered by accredited colleges and universities in the United States and U.S. territories and those in Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Africa that are accredited by U.S. accrediting bodies. Books 2 through 6 are divided into sections that contain one or more directories devoted to individual programs in a particular field. Book 2 contains more than 12,500 programs of study in 152 disciplines of the humanities, arts, and social sciences.

Peterson?s Graduate Schools in the U.S. 2007The ?snapshot? paperback guide for future grad studentsA compact alternative to our hardcover Graduate & Professional Programs guides! Students seeking to continue their education will discover an array of possibilities in a variety of academic disciplines?from accounting to zoology.INCLUDES:? An affordable resource for aspiring graduate students? Up-to-date information on enrollment, expenses, faculty, and more? Tips on finding programs to suit student aspirations

Presents profiles of colleges, universities, vocational schools, and distance learning programs in the United States and Canada, and includes tabular data on college costs, accreditation, and other factors, as well as lists of degrees and subjects offered, and sources of financial aid.