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Spend (Slightly) Less on Health and More on the Arts: Health Would Probably be Improved

Author: Smith, Richard

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Media Type: Periodical (article)

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This editorial contends that by redirecting 0.5% of the British healthcare budget to the impoverished arts budget, the health of the people in Britain would improve.

Abstract: This editorial contends that by redirecting 0.5% of the British healthcare budget to the impoverished arts budget, the health of the people in Britain would improve. According to the author: If health is about adaptation, understanding, and acceptance, then the arts may be more potent than anything that medicine has to offer.

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ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Series Title: BMJ (formerly known as the British Medical Journal)

Edition: Volume 325, Issue 7378

URL: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/325/7378/1432

SBN/ISSN: 0959-8138

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PUBLISHER INFORMATION

Name: BMJ Publishing Group

Website URL: http://www.bmjjournals.com