Filling hospitals with art reduces patient stress, anxiety and pain

Post by anonoholic » Thu, Aug 01, 2019, 12:21 AM UTC

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #79

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Quality meals ... when my dad had his heart surgery his first solid meal was a low quality, high-fat hamburger on a plain white bun (no tomato or lettuce, just ketchup), salad with enough ranch dressing for 4 salads and a plastic container with peaches soaked in syrup (ie. HFCS). I was horrified. I mentioned it to his cardiologist who, to his credit, went on a rant about how the food seems to be especially chosen to…

Which country are you in? The mention of HFCS suggests USA, but [USA based?] companies have pushed that in to a lot of foods in UK now it seems so ...?

Post by ekianjo » Thu, Aug 01, 2019, 12:45 AM UTC

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Indeed not, and I am EXTREMELY skeptical of the claim that birth times are reduced TWO HOURS (!!!) by the addition of art. That's the kind of effect you see in papers that get retracted for outright fraud, let alone dubious and irreproducible studies.

Don't discount the placebo effect. Just because you can't see it, just because you can't measure it, don't mean something doesn't exist. The placebo effect is scientifically recognized. It is real. Let's be mindful not to dismiss it - like it or not.

Post by mhh__ » Thu, Aug 01, 2019, 1:21 AM UTC

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BuildTheRobots wrote: post #39

When not in hospital, we suggest people need mental stimulation, exercise, good food and daylight to stay healthy and sane. None of these things are possible when you're convalescing. Don't get me wrong, I'm _very_ thankful for the fact I still have both my legs, but staying sane is extremely difficult. Half of the bays on my ward literally had no windows. There were people around me that hadn't seen daylight in over…

Where is this? In the US I’ve never seen a hospital without windows and free tv. Although gyms are different, likely because if you are healthy enough to hit the gym you are healthy enough to go home. Although one thing that always stood out is no one is expected to sleep in a hospital. A nurse or doctor will likely be in every few hours doing something to wake you up. And in between there will always be noise from t…

Post by TylerE » Thu, Aug 01, 2019, 1:42 AM UTC

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I think you could deduce that no pieces would be of substantial value. No one would loan a valuable piece to a hospital knowing that it's likely going to be put in a public hallway and potentially touched or damaged many times a day.

If you're paying 65k for insurance, the pieces are valuable. They could well be behind glass or protected in other ways.

Post by LeonB » Thu, Aug 01, 2019, 2:10 AM UTC

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> And the marble lobbies, the art, the concierges at the front desk - our hospitals look like not five-star hotels - seven-star hotels. Is there specific examples of these hospitals? I've never seen anything that extravagant in any of the hospitals in Pittsburgh.

The new PAMF clinic in San Carlos, CA looks like a 5 star hotel. I was shocked when I went there.