Color, Healthcare and Bioethics
This book explores the profound, yet often overlooked, role of color in healthcare and bioethics, arguing that color is far more than a visual or aesthetic element—it actively shapes human experience, perception, and ethical reasoning. Traditionally regarded as secondary to objective medical obser...
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| description | This book explores the profound, yet often overlooked, role of color in healthcare and bioethics, arguing that color is far more than a visual or aesthetic element—it actively shapes human experience, perception, and ethical reasoning. Traditionally regarded as secondary to objective medical observations or rational ethical debates, color has been marginalized in these fields, considered subjective and inconsequential. However, this book reveals that color is critical in diagnostic and therapeutic practices and that it subconsciously influences moral interpretations in bioethics. Through examples like the ‘blue hour’—a time of day associated with melancholy and creativity—readers are invited to consider color not just as a physical phenomenon explained by wavelengths and visual physiology, but as a medium rich with emotional and metaphorical meaning. From ‘feeling blue’ to seeing the world in ‘black and white’, color conveys complex messages that inform our perceptions of health, morality, and identity. By bridging the gap between science, emotion, and ethics, this book illuminates how colors impact our worldviews, urging readers to consider the subtle yet significant ways that color influences our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1579812025-07-30T09:00:07Z Color, Healthcare and Bioethics ten Have, Henk Color and Healthcare;Bioethics and Perception;Psychology of Color;Medical Aesthetics;Ethics of Visual Perception;Emotional Impact of Color thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAD Bioethics thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGZ The Arts: techniques and principles::AGZC Colours and colour theory thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics::ABA Theory of art thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAD Bioethics thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGZ The Arts: techniques and principles::AGZC Colours and colour theory thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics::ABA Theory of art thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing This book explores the profound, yet often overlooked, role of color in healthcare and bioethics, arguing that color is far more than a visual or aesthetic element—it actively shapes human experience, perception, and ethical reasoning. Traditionally regarded as secondary to objective medical observations or rational ethical debates, color has been marginalized in these fields, considered subjective and inconsequential. However, this book reveals that color is critical in diagnostic and therapeutic practices and that it subconsciously influences moral interpretations in bioethics. Through examples like the ‘blue hour’—a time of day associated with melancholy and creativity—readers are invited to consider color not just as a physical phenomenon explained by wavelengths and visual physiology, but as a medium rich with emotional and metaphorical meaning. From ‘feeling blue’ to seeing the world in ‘black and white’, color conveys complex messages that inform our perceptions of health, morality, and identity. By bridging the gap between science, emotion, and ethics, this book illuminates how colors impact our worldviews, urging readers to consider the subtle yet significant ways that color influences our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. 2025-04-01T04:05:27Z 2025-04-01T04:05:27Z 2025-03-31T11:46:21Z 2025 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/100443 9781805114826 9781805114833 9781805114864 9781805114857 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/157981 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/100443/1/obp.0443.pdf Open Book Publishers 10.11647/OBP.0443 10.11647/OBP.0443 b014b543-78bd-4c3b-bc71-b68e2ac855b9 9781805114826 9781805114833 9781805114864 9781805114857 246 Cambridge open access |
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