Art and Nature: Healing Articles

The following articles are collated and feature in the book Art and Nature: Healing Design for Health in the UK and Japan.

• Personal Effects Research into Healing Environments
• Access Denied Comparing the access to nature given to patients in the UK and Japan.
• Streets Ahead A vision of the potential for open, social areas in hospitals which are offered by circulation spaces.
• Natural Philosophy The benefits of giving patients access to nature via design to promote their wellbeing and recovery
• Grounds for improvement 'hospital landscape as image' and a vision of a future facility..
• Right to daylight The benefits from access to natural daylight
• Community of Intellect Building Health in the Community
• Maggie's Centre Community architecture which supports complementary care and encourages patient-orientated self help.
• Faith House A highly regarded yet modest building found in attractive Heathland beside Poole Harbour and East Purbeck.

Japan Specific 

• Second Nature Learning from hospital art and design in Japan
• Art in Japanese Hospitals The arts in healthcare conference
• Hi-Tech Hospitals Japanese hospitals have adopted an international style
• Big in Japan Examples of recent acute hospital design in Japan . 
• Turning Japanese Three community hospitals on the island of Kyushu.
• Vision of Public Health Care in Japan, Aspects of Health Care provision precipitated by social changes.
• Teachings of the Orient Visit to Japan Hospitals following the Forum of Healing Environment

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