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Drawing, making music and writing poetry can support healing and bring more humanity to health care in US hospitals

  • Written by Marlaine Figueroa Gray, Assistant Investigator at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, University of Washington
Drawing, making music and writing poetry can support healing and bring more humanity to health care in US hospitalsFacing a blank page can be an exercise in courage. stellalevi/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

The COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on the deep need that people feel for human touch and connection in hospital settings. Having relatives peering through windows at their loved ones or unable to enter hospitals altogether exacerbated the lack of...

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