A hospital is no place to be sick.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Hospitals are meant for healing, not for staying ill.
- In plain terms
- Hospitals should be places of recovery, not sickness.
- What can you take from it?
- Choose care settings that promote health.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes a hospital feel restorative?
- How can hospitals better support patient wellbeing?
Another view
Hospitals inevitably treat sick people, so the statement is paradoxical.
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