Fancourt, Daisy - Arts in Health

Arts in Health: Designing and Researching Interventions provides a complete overview of how to go about undertaking research and practice in the field of arts in health. It starts by exploring the context for arts in health interventions, including the history of the use of arts in health and the theoretical and political developments that have laid the foundations for its flourishing. It also considers what 'arts in health' encompasses and the range of disciplines involved.

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CONTENTS

Part I: Introduction
1 Introduction
Part II: The context for arts in health interventions
2 A history of the use of arts in health
3 The theoretical background to arts in health
4 The political background to arts in health
5 Defining arts in health
Part III: Designing and delivering arts in health interventions
6 Conceptualising and planning interventions
7 Implementing and evaluating interventions
8 Partnerships and funding
9 Working in healthcare
Part IV: Researching arts in health interventions
10 An introduction to research
11 A step-by-step approach to the research process
12 Writing a research protocol
13 Research ethics
Part V: Fact file of arts in health research and practice
Introduction
Critical care and emergency medicine
Dentistry
Geriatric medicine
Healthcare staff
Neurology
Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology
Oncology
Paediatrics
Palliative care
Public Health
Psychiatry
Rehabilitation medicine
Surgery