Healing, a Concept Analysis

Firth, Kimberly; Smith, Katherine L.; Sakallaris, Bonnie R.; Ja, Bellanti; Crawford, Cindy; Avant, Kay C.

doi:10.7453/gahmj.2015.056

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“…The definition of healing developed by the Samueli Institute provides a good foundation and starting point. “Healing is a holistic, transformative process of repair and recovery in mind, body, and spirit resulting in positive change, finding meaning, and movement towards self-realization of wholeness, regardless of the presence or absence of disease” (Firth et al, 2015, p. 12). This definition allows for the possibility of healing even when cure is not possible.…”

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Exploring the Concept of Healing Spaces

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Evidence-based design (EBD) research has demonstrated the power of environmental design to support improved patient, family, and staff outcomes and to minimize or avoid harm in healthcare settings. While healthcare has primarily focused on fixing the body, there is a growing recognition that our healthcare system could do more by promoting overall wellness, and this requires expanding the focus to healing. This article explores how we can extend what we know from EBD about health impacts of spatial design to the more elusive goal of healing. By breaking the concept of healing into antecedent components (emotional, psychological, social, behavioral, and functional), this review of the literature presents the existing evidence to identify how healthcare spaces can foster healing. The environmental variables found to directly affect or facilitate one or more dimension of healing were organized into six groups of variables-homelike environment, access to views and nature, light, noise control, barrier-free environment, and room layout. While there is limited scientific research confirming design solutions for creating healing spaces, the literature search revealed relationships that provide a basis for a draft definition. Healing spaces evoke a sense of cohesion of the mind, body, and spirit. They support healing intention and foster healing relationships.

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“…“Healing is a holistic, transformative process of repair and recovery in mind, body, and spirit resulting in positive change, finding meaning, and movement towards self-realization of wholeness, regardless of the presence or absence of disease” (Firth et al, 2015, p. 12)…”

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“…Darüber hinaus erweitert diese Betrachtung auch den Blick auf die Verlaufsbeurteilung, da nun nicht mehr nur das Verschwinden einzelner Symptome in einer gewissen Ordnung, sondern vor allem der durch die Arznei angestoßene Entwicklungsprozess in Richtung Selbstorganisation und Wohlbefinden, wie in der Fallgeschichte oben dargestellt, bedeutsam wird. Vor diesem Hintergrund scheint auch Hahnemanns Vorstellung von einer schnellen, dauerhaften und unnachteiligen Wiederherstellung der Gesundheit zu kurz zu greifen, weswegen ich abschließend eine Definition vorschlagen möchte, zu der die Arbeitsgruppe um Kimberly Firth et al nach einer umfassenden Sichtung und Analyse der wichtigsten, auch kulturübergreifenden vorbeschriebenen Heilungskonzepte gelangte [10]: Online zu finden unter: http://dx.doi.org//10.1055/a-0606-1889…”

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Die Integration von Homöopathie und Psychiatrie in der Behandlung schwerer psychischer Störungen

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ZusammenfassungDie homöopathische und die moderne psychiatrische Behandlung weisen in ihren Ansätzen viele Gemeinsamkeiten auf. Bei schweren und chronischen psychischen Erkrankungen ist oft mit nur einem Behandlungsansatz kein befriedigendes Ergebnis zu erzielen, weswegen die Notwendigkeit eines integrativen Ansatzes herausgearbeitet wird. Eine Heilungsdefinition wird vorgeschlagen, die auf die Ebene des Genesungsprozesses fokussiert und nicht mehr primär darauf, die bloße Symptomatik als Ausdruck der Krankheit zu beseitigen.

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“…Specifically, (1) How do inpatients receiving treatment for cardiac conditions experience their physical care environment? and (2) How does the physical care environment contribute either positively or negatively to their perception of their experiences of healing?…”

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“…Some viewed it as an external process of being fixed by the hospital staff. Few described healing beyond this illness context from a spiritual or a salutogenic perspective in alignment with the SI definition of healing as a process of cohesion of body, mind, and spirit (1). The phenomenological cataloging of responses systematically integrating all of the data collected into a cohesive picture resulted in 3 experiential outcomes of a healing experience that were influenced positively by the physical environment: (a) being cared for, (b) home-like environment, and (c) comfort and calm.…”

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Exploring Inpatients' Experiences of Healing and Healing Spaces

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Sakallaris

2016

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In order to understand a patient’s healing experience it is essential to understand the elements that they, the patient, believes contributed to their healing. Previous research has focused on symptom reducers or contributors through environment such as stress. A person’s experience of healing happens over time not instantaneous. Therefore, in this study, the interviews with patients happened after forty-eight hours of hospitalization. This mixed methods study describes the experiences of seventeen inpatients from two healthcare systems using a phenomenological approach combined with evidence based design evaluation methods to document the setting. The qualitative data was analyzed first for reoccurring themes then further explored and defined through quantitative environmental observations. The seventeen patients defined healing as “getting better/well.” Seventy three statements were recorded about contributors and detractors to healing in the physical environment. Three primary themes emerged from the data as positive influencers of a healing experience: being cared for, being comfortable and experiencing something familiar or like home. These results demonstrate that patients perceive their inpatient healing experience through a supported environment.

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Healing, a Concept Analysis

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Exploring the Concept of Healing Spaces

Exploring the Concept of Healing Spaces

Die Integration von Homöopathie und Psychiatrie in der Behandlung schwerer psychischer Störungen

Exploring Inpatients' Experiences of Healing and Healing Spaces

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