Healing Places

by Wilbert M. Gesler

Book Overview

Is there healing beyond the walls of a modern hospital? Healing Places looks at how different environments affect our physical, mental, spiritual, social, and emotional healing. It sets out four dimensions found in healing environments--natural, built, symbolic, and social--and applies these ideas to three places that achieved a lasting reputation for healing: Epidauros in Greece, Bath in England, and Lourdes in France. Gesler's engaging and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742519562
• ISBN13: 9780742519565
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 9.1"