Sound of well-being - choir singing as an intervention to improve well-being among employees in two Norwegian county hospitals

Arts and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 93-102

  Vaag, Jonas ^a   Saksvik, Per Øystein ^b   Theorell, Töres ^c,e   Skillingstad, Trond ^a   Bjerkeset, Ottar ^b,d,f  

^a Nord Trøndelag Hospital Trust   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Levanger Hospital   (Norway)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f Performing Arts Health Norway   (Norway)

Author keywords

cultural activities; psychosocial; singing intervention; well being; work environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879132226     PISSN: 17533015     EISSN: 17533023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2012.727838     Document Type: Article

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