Sound Health

Core Attributes of Stewardship; Foundation of Sound Health System

Stewardship is not a new concept for public policy, but has not been used to its optimum by the health policy-makers. Although it is being practiced in most successful models of health system, but the onus to this function is still due till date. Lately, few experts in World Health Organization (WHO) have realized its importance and have been raising the issue at different platforms to pursue t...

The Sound of Health

THE SILENCE OF HEALTH “Health is life lived in the silence of the organs” wrote the French surgeon René Leriche in 1936, a concept later adopted and further developed by the physician and philosopher Georges Canguilhem (1). Albeit certainly resonant with the experience of health defined as the state of well being perceived by an individual, this concept is less valid when health is evaluated in...

Cardiovascular Sound in Health and Disease

core attributes of stewardship; foundation of sound health system

stewardship is not a new concept for public policy, but has not been used to its optimum by the health policy-makers. although it is being practiced in most successful models of health system, but the onus to this function is still due till date. lately, few experts in world health organization (who) have realized its importance and have been raising the issue at different platforms to pursue t...

A stethoscope for imaginary sound Interactive sound in a Health Care Environment

We discuss design strategies and system development in relation to an interactive sound installation created for the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. In contrast to other initiatives involving music in health care environments, the impetus of this project does not reflect therapeutic concerns, but rather the intent of enriching hospital users’ experience through the arts. This paper examines...