Centre for Public Policy Research, King's College London, London, UK
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
Med Humanit. 2022 Dec;48(4):480-488. doi: 10.1136/medhum-2021-012330. Epub 2022 Feb 24.
In this paper we seek to illuminate the importance of aesthetics for healthcare quality and encourage more explicit discussion of aesthetics in healthcare improvement scholarship and practice. We hope to contribute to and help develop the hinterland between arts-based initiatives in healthcare and the 'normal business' of healthcare quality improvement. Our broad contention is: (1) That aesthetic considerations should be seen as of universal relevance across quality debates (2) That they never be assumed to have a marginal or even secondary status; and (3) That taking aesthetic considerations seriously calls for explicit discussion of associated uncertainties and dilemmas and a readiness to welcome aesthetics expertise into improvement debates.
在本文中,我们旨在强调美学对于医疗质量的重要性,并鼓励在医疗保健改善学术和实践中更明确地讨论美学。我们希望为艺术在医疗保健中的应用倡议与医疗保健质量改进的“常规业务”之间的腹地做出贡献,并帮助其发展。我们的主要论点是:(1)美学考虑应被视为贯穿整个质量辩论的普遍相关性;(2)绝不假设其具有边缘甚至次要地位;(3)认真对待美学考虑因素需要明确讨论相关的不确定性和困境,并准备欢迎美学专业知识进入改进辩论。