Wat heeft kunst de geneeskunde te bieden?

Art is often used as a medical therapy, or in medical education for the students’ all-round development. In this article we discuss whether there is a scientific basis for this use of art. We conclude that though it is true that on a number of points there does seem to be scientific evidence more research is necessary to really be able to speak of an important role for the use of art in medicine.

Conflict of interest: none declared. Financial support: none declared.