Doctors to prescribe museum visits to help patients 'escape from their own pain'
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Oct 29, 2018
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By: Sonia Mendes
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A trip to the museum could be just what the doctor ordered. In November, a group of physicians in Montreal — alongside the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts — is launching a pilot project that will see them write prescriptions for paintings, sculpture, and relaxation. Read more about the pilot project and why doctors theorize it will help their patients’ health in this article from CBC.
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