The Healing Power of Nature and Beauty: Florence Nightingale on Expediting Recovery from Illness and Burnout
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The Healing Power of Nature and Beauty: Florence Nightingale on Expediting Recovery from Illness and Burnout
As a result, physicians are starting to prescribe “nature” and “green time” to treat stress, anxiety, and depression, as we realize nature can nurture.11
Marc Milstein • The Age-Proof Brain
On survey after survey they reported that reading and discussing works of literature had made them feel less stressed, more connected to their patients and to one another.
Suzanne Koven • Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life
the organization Americans for the Arts has funded studies to discern how, why, and where hospitals and healthcare facilities use the arts.
Ivy Ross • Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
It’s almost unheard of for a physician to ask the patient about the larger relationships that sustain his or her life. We’re quizzed about the nature of our symptoms, but no one ever asks, “How often do you get into the outdoors? How connected are you to your habitat and your community?”