The connection between art, healing, and public health: A review of current literature

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 254-263

  Stuckey, Heather L ^b   Nobel, Jeremy ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ART THERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; WRITING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; REHABILITATION; SENSORY ART THERAPIES; WRITING;

EID: 75649086550     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.156497     Document Type: Article

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