Arts and health / guest editor Professor Stephen Clift.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clift, Stephen.

Series:

Health education ; v.105, no. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art therapy.

Occupational therapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (80 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The e-book begins with a valuable overview of the research challenge facing advocates of arts and health work and is followed by two qualitative evaluations of local arts and health initiatives in different parts of the UK. Together these papers show the kind of qualitative approach that has generally been adopted in evaluating community arts for health initiatives - and signal the need perhaps for larger scale, longer-term and more controlled studies. A review follows and focuses on dance therapy and Tai Chi for people affected by arthritis offers a possible goal for research in arts and heal

Contents:

CONTENTS; Editorial advisory board; Guest editorial; Researching the benefits of arts in health; Art in the community for potentially vulnerable mental health groups; A qualitative review of Walsall Arts into Health Partnership; Dance-based exercise and Tai Chi and their benefits for people with arthritis: a review; "You could see it on their faces . . . "; Internet review

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-50945-7

9786610509454

1-84544-756-5

OCLC:

62689025