Creating Connections Between Nursing Care and the Creative Arts Therapies;Expanding the Concept of Holistic Care

The primary goal of this text is to promote educational advancement for health care professionals on the topic of how creative arts therapies can assist patients and clients to achieve specific goals or outcomes.\n\nMore specifically, the book seeks to create a closer connection between nursing care and the creative arts therapies in order to promote professional collaboration and to expand the concept of holistic care. Most of its twenty chapters explore the theoretical and practical implications of the creative arts therapies as illustrated in single and multiple-case studies. The chapters� authors are creative arts therapists, nurses, social workers, therapeutic recreation specialists, and occupational therapists. They describe creative therapeutic approaches involving art, music, creative writing, dance/movement, and drama in various health care settings. This unique book is designed for a wide range of health care professionals, including nursing, the creative arts therapies, psychology, social work, medicine, occupational, recreational, and physical therapies, and others who are interested in learning more about creative treatment approaches and their application to varied care settings. Additional ISBNs 0398075565, 9780398075569 Creating Connections Between Nursing Care and the Creative Arts Therapies;Expanding the Concept of Holistic Care 1st Edition is written by Le Navenec, Carole and published by Charles C Thomas. ISBNs for Creating Connections Between Nursing Care and the Creative Arts Therapies;Expanding the Concept of Holistic Care are 9780398075552, 0398075557 and the print ISBNs are 9780398075552, 0398075557. Additional ISBNs include 0398075565, 9780398075569.