What Are the Right Tools for Studying Arts in Health Interventions

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ID15747269
AuthorsMiranda B Olson (0000-0002-9135-5573, Rhode Island Department of Health, corresponding author), Stacey Springs (0000-0003-3991-8890, Brown University), Jay Baruch (Brown University)
Year2022
Volume24
Issue7
PagesE617-621
Publication date2022-07-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980
PublisherAmerican Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1001/amajethics.2022.617
PMID35838390
OpenAlexW4285607126
LanguageEN
Citations received3

The arts can touch places that are difficult to recognize and understand, capture in words, or measure by numbers-whether you're an artist, a patient, or an educator. This ineffability presents a dilemma for practitioners and researchers in arts in health when questions of legitimacy, efficacy, program implementation, and research funding are tied to outcomes-based research. Ethical tensions arise when traditional public health and clinical research methods are the wrong tools for capturing what's vital about the arts. This article argues that being a responsible arts in health researcher requires interrogating what counts as evidence, especially when the insistence on rigor risks oversimplifying and diminishing the power of the arts. It further argues for equity in arts in health research, including equity in investigative strategies that value both the arts and the research

Dilemma · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Equity (law · Legitimacy · Political science · Politics · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Sociology · The arts · Art Therapy and Mental Health · Empathy and Medical Education · Engineering · Law · Medicine · Music Therapy and Health · Nursing · Psychology

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