Wil Gesler examines how different environments affect physical, mental, spiritual, social, and emotional components of healing.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Epidauros: Asclepius and Dream Healing; Bath: Healing Mineral Spirits; Lourdes: Healing Pilgrimages; Therapeutic Hospital Environments; Conclusion.

About the Author

Wilbert M. Gesler is Professor of Geography at the University of North Carolina.

Reviews

Healing Places asserts emphatically and eloquently that place matters to health. The case studies provide fascinating evidence that links between healing and place are well grounded in history and are now being reconsidered in hospital design. This book will be important reading for researchers, teachers, and professionals with an interest in health care settings. [It] adds weight to a major shift in contemporary thinking: reassessing the links between place and health.--Kearns, Robin A.