Joan's Art in Healthcare

Outreach  • Research  • Peer Reviews

Stress Balloon
“Stress”
Interactive illustration
with hospitalized child

RESEARCH

Massachusetts General Hospital for Children
"When Images Speak Louder than Words" www.themoonballoonproject.org/research

PEER REVIEWS

"Arousing Curiosity: When Hospital Art Transcends,"
Healthcare Environments and Design (HERD) Journal, May 2011 www.herdjournal.com

"Exploring the Ability of a Drawing by Proxy Intervention to Improve Quality of Life for Hospitalized Children"
Art and Health Magazine, accepted for publicaiton in March 2012 www.tandf.co.uk/journals/rahe

"The Little Magician"
Grief and the Healing Arts , Sandra Bertman PhD www.sandrabertman.com

OUTREACH

Society for the Arts in Healthcare
Presentation of research at 2011 national conference, San Francisco CA www.thesah.org

"Soul Care and Health Care," Omega Institute, with Joan Borysenko and Gordon Dveirin, January 11, 2011

Helping Children Cope with a Loved Oneʼs Cancer, South Shore Hospital, HIngham MA
Ongoing training of community volunteers to use The Moon Ballooon book in working with children
and familes struggling with cancer.