Article: Santa Casa da Bahia. Cultural heritage as a tool for social integration

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At the Santa Casa de Misericórdia da Bahia, in Brazil, the cultural heritage is used as a tool for promoting cultural health and quality of life.
The Cultural Health project, which took place in the São Cristóvão ward of the Santa Isabel Hospital, is an example of this successful strategy.
Text by Heloisa Fernandes Gonçalves da Costa
[FULL PROFESSOR OF MUSEOLOGY AT THE FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY AND HUMAN SCIENCES OF THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA, MEMBER OF THE UNESCO FORUM ON UNIVERSITIES AND HERITAGE AND DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL HERITAGE OF SANTA CASA DA BAHIA, BRAZIL]

Source: Revista Cidade Solidária No. 34
Edition: SCML, 2015