The Healing Power of Nature and Beauty: Florence Nightingale on Expediting Recovery from Illness and Burnout
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The Healing Power of Nature and Beauty: Florence Nightingale on Expediting Recovery from Illness and Burnout
‘our natures are the physicians of our diseases’,
Roy Porter • The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity (The Norton History of Science)
On survey after survey they reported that reading and discussing works of literature had made them feel less stressed, more connected to their patients and to one another.
Suzanne Koven • Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life
There are two general approaches to alleviating psychological problems: pathology-centered and wholeness-centered (holistic). (This is also true for medical problems more generally.) Using the pathology approach, we ask, “What symptoms of dysfunction is this person exhibiting, and what can be done to eliminate these symptoms and/or this dysfunction
... See moreBill Plotkin • Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World
To my mind, nothing heals the spirit and body more completely than the incantations of biophonies.