Sophie Soklaridis

Integrative Health Care for Artists in a Hospital Setting

The Organizational Support Necessary for Providing Integrative Health Care to Professional Artists

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines an integrative health care (IHC)
clinic set within a hospital located in large city
in Canada. The enquiry began by exploring how
biomedical and CAM practitioners, artists, hospital
administrators, and the Artists Health Centre
Foundation (AHCF) members interacted, communicated,
and collaborated with one another for integrative
patient/client care at the Artists Health Centre
(AHC). Knowledge and attitudes toward IHC are
explored, to understand how these affected the
everyday interactions among stakeholders. The
findings suggest that there was a lack of
understanding regarding how to integrate the various
practitioners. Financial limitations also impeded
the evolution of integrative health. Implications of
this research include enhancing the current
knowledge of teamwork, collaboration, and
integration among healthcare practitioners. This
research used existing IHC models, teamwork models,
and educational and organizational theories for
building a conceptual framework of IHC. Combining
these models with organizational theory shed light
on the several structural and process dimensions of
integration.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9783639156836
• ISBN-10: 3639156838
• Artikelnr.: 26443633

Autorenporträt

Sophie Soklaridis, PhD completed her doctoral work at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. She is a scientific associate at the Centre of Research Expertise in Improved Disability Outcomes (CREIDO) at the University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital.