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Healing Gardens: Therapeutic Benefits and Design Recommendations
By Clare Cooper Marcus (editor) and Marni Barnes (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publication date June 15, 1999
Pages 610
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780471192039
ISBN-10 0471192031
Dimensions 1.25 by 8.75 by 10.50 in.
Weight 3.25 lbs.
Original list price $130.00
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: Unique and comprehensive, Healing Gardens provides up-to-date coverage of research findings, relevant design principles and approaches, and best practice examples of or more and more people, the shortest road to recovery is the one that leads through a healing garden. Combining up-to-date information on the therapeutic benefits of healing gardens with practical design guidance from leading experts in the field, Healing Gardens is an invaluable guide for landscape architects and others involved in creating and maintaining medical facilities as well as an extremely useful reference for those responsible for patient care. With the help of site plans, photographs, and more, the editors present design guidelines and case studies for outdoor spaces in a range of medical settings, including:
  • Acute care general hospitals.
  • Psychiatric hospitals.
  • Children's hospitals.
  • Nursing homes.
  • Alzheimer's facilities.
  • Hospices.

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9780471192039 | details & prices | 610 pages | 8.75 × 10.50 × 1.25 in. | 3.25 lbs | List price $130.00
About: Unique and comprehensive, Healing Gardens provides up-to-date coverage of research findings, relevant design principles and approaches, and best practice examples of or more and more people, the shortest road to recovery is the one that leads through a healing garden.

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