Critical Connections
arts and health general title
  • House of Lords Debate
    Link to debate on arts and health in House of Lords.
    www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldhansrd/text/80306-gc0005.htm

  • The Art of Good Health: Using Visual Arts in Healthcare
    Nichola Gardner, Sarah Holmes, NHS Estates 2002
    ISBN10: 0113224982
    The publication can be searched for and purchased from:
    www.tsoshop.co.uk/bookstore.asp?FO=1160007&Action=Book&ProductID=0113224982&From=Subject

  • Art for Health – A review of good practice in community-based arts projects and initiatives which impact on health and well being
    NHS Health Development Agency
    www.renewal.net/Documents/RNET/Research/Arthealthreview.pdf

  • 'New Body Languages: the emergence of participatory arts in health'
    Derek Freeman for Open Evolution, commissioned by Arts Partnership Surrey, 2006
    Available to download (free) from www.mole-valley.gov.uk

  • Humanities in Medicine – Beyond the Millennium
    Dr Robin Philipp, Prof Michael Baum, Rev. Andrew Mawson, Sir Kenneth Calman
    ISBN: 1 902089 24 3
    www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/publications/detail.aspx?id=145&PRid=95

  • GMAHN Evidence Overview
    This link takes you to the Greater Manchester Arts and Health Network and their document which contains short referenced statements to be used in background documents, evaluations and reports.
    www.wlct.org/gmahn/downloads.htm

  • Fewer than Six: A Study of Creativity in Regeneration in Yorkshire and The Humber
    Claire McManus, Eventus, Yorkshire Arts, 2002
    ISBN: 1 857174895
    www.eventus.org.uk//index.php?page=33

  • Arts Development in Community Health: A Social Tonic
    Mike White
    ISBN: 9781846191404
    Publisher: Radcliffe, Oxford
    This book considers how and why this field of arts development has come about, the characteristics of its practice and the challenges it poses for evaluation, and it summarises what has been learnt from recent research and in a number of case studies from the UK and elsewhere.

    For more information or to purchase the book please visit:
    www.dur.ac.uk/cmh/publications/

  • Dance and Health: The benefits for people of all ages
    Arts Council England 2006
    Produced in partnership with the Department of Health and the DCMS this folder outlines the health benefits of dance and provides examples of dance projects in a range of health settings.
    ISBN: 0 7287 1244 X
    www.artscouncil.org.uk/publications/publication_detail.php?browse=title&id=545&page=6

  • Dance Included: dance in social exclusion contexts
    Helen Jermyn 2006
    Evaluation report of Dance Included scheme. Dance Included was an Arts Council funded initiative, which involved six dance-led projects that aimed to tackle problems associated with social exclusion.
    ISBN: 0 7287 12520
    www.artscouncil.org.uk/publications/publication_detail.php?browse=title&id=529&page=6

  • The Body and The Arts
    Edited by: Corinne Saunders, Ulrika Maude and Jane Macnaughton
    ISBN: 9780230552043
    Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

    The Body and the Arts focuses on the dynamic relation between the body and the arts: the body as inspiration, subject, symbol and medium.

    For more information or to purchase the book please visit:
    www.dur.ac.uk/cmh/publications/

  • The Healing Environment: Without and Within
    Ed Deborah Kirklin, Ruth Richardson, Royal College of Physicians 2003
    ISBN: 1 86016191 X
    Available to buy from:
    www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/brochure.aspx?e=15

  • Reading and Health Mapping Research Project
    Prepared for Arts Council England By the Reading agency 2003
    www.readingagency.org.uk/resources/reports/documents/ReadingHealth.doc

  • Thinking About Almost Everything
    Edited By: Ash Amin and Micheal O'Neill
    ISBN: 9781846681882
    Publisher: Profile Books

    Thinking About Almost Everything addresses major questions of human knowledge, and offers a unique insight into a wide range of innovative ideas currently being explored in the Arts, the Social Sciences, and the Sciences.

    For more information or to purchase the book please visit:
    www.dur.ac.uk/cmh/publications/

  • The Arts in Healthcare: A Palette of Possibilities
    Reviewed by John Horder 1997
    ISBN: 9781853023606
    www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1296228

  • Fusion
    Arts Council England, North West, 2006
    Fusion was an exploratory programme that examined how local strategic partnerships can work in partnership with artists or arts organisations to deliver their objectives through using creative approaches to engagement and delivery. The findings of the Fusion programme are presented here in a case study format.
    ISBN: 0 7287 1207 5
    www.artscouncil.org.uk/regions/publication_detail.php?rid=5&id=563&browse=recent

  • Bioethics and the Humanities: Attitudes and Perceptions
    Authors: Robin Downie & Jane Macnaughton
    ISBN: 9781844720521
    Publisher: Routledge-Cavendish

    Critiquing many areas of medical practice, research and education, this volume explores the connections between medical ethics, healthcare and subjects, such as philosophy, literature, creative writing and medical history.

    For more information or to purchase the book please visit:
    www.dur.ac.uk/cmh/publications/

  • What's art got to do with it?
    Phyllida Shaw 2003
    Briefing paper on the role of the arts in neighbourhood renewal - for anyone who needs easy access to key facts and examples.
    ISBN: 0 7287 0974 0
    www.artscouncil.org.uk/publications/publication_detail.php?sid=14&id=367

  • Dance Included: dance in social exclusion contexts
    Helen Jermyn, 2006
    Evaluation report of Dance Included scheme. Dance Included was an Arts Council funded initiative, which involved six dance-led projects that aimed to tackle problems associated with social exclusion.
    ISBN: 0 7287 1252 0
    www.artscouncil.org.uk/subjects/publication_detail.php?sid=7&id=529

  • Medical Humanities
    Edited by: Evans M & Finlay IG
    ISBN: 978-0-7279-1610-5
    Publisher: British Medical Journal

    This book provides a comprehensive and authoritative reference for what is becoming a professional requirement in medicine.

    For more information or to purchase the book please visit:
    www.dur.ac.uk/cmh/publications/

  • The art of inclusion
    Helen Jermyn, 2004
    This report presents the findings of a three-year research project to explore social inclusion in the arts.
    In addition to the report, 15 detailed case studies are available online.
    ISBN: 0 7287 1042 0
    www.artscouncil.org.uk/publications/publication_detail.php?rid=10&id=410

  • Determined to Dialogue – A survey of arts and health in the Northern and Yorkshire Region
    Mike White 2001-2002
    www.dur.ac.uk/resources/cahhm/reports/Determined%20to%20Dialogue%20Last.pdf

  • The Values Study – Rediscovering the Meaning and Value of Arts Participation
    Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism
    (Type in ‘Values Study’ in the search box)
    www.wolfbrown.com/images/articles/ValuesStudyReportComplete.pdf

  • Helping to Heal – The Arts in Healthcare
    Peter Senior and Jonathan Croall 1993
    ISBN: 0 903319 57 8
    www.mmu.ac.uk/artsforhealth/publications/index.htm

  • A Prospectus for Arts and Health
    Arising from the recommendations of the Review of Arts in Health Working group, this publication, produced jointly by the Department of Health and Arts Council England, celebrates and promotes the role of Arts and Health.

    The prospectus shows that the arts can, and do, make a major contribution to key health and wider community issues.

    Click here for Prospectus

  • The Arts, Health and Well-Being
    This is Art Council England’s first national strategy for Arts and Health, and is complementary to the Prospectus for Arts and Health, which was jointly produced by the Department of Health and Arts Council, England.

    Arts Council England, Yorkshire will soon be publishing a response to the Art, Health and Well-being strategy document.

    Click here for Strategy Document
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