Healing Spaces

The Science of Place and Well-Being

Esther M. Sternberg, M.D.

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$20.50 • £16.95 • €18.50

ISBN 9780674057487

Publication Date: 09/30/2010

Short

352 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

Belknap Press

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Related Subjects

1. Healing Places
2. Seeing and Healing
3. Sound and Silence
4. Cotton Wool and Clouds of Frankincense
5. Mazes and Labyrinths
6. Finding Your Way…
7. …and Losing It
8. Healing Thought and Healing Prayer
9. Hormones of Hope and Healing
10. Hospitals and Well-Being
11. Healing Cities, Healing World
12. Healing Gardens and My Place of Peace
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index

Awards & Accolades

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2010

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