Clinical holistic medicine: Prevention through healthy lifestyle and quality of life

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-245

  Ventegodt, Søren ^a,b   Morad, Mohammed ^c   Merrick, Joav ^c,d  

^a QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b The Scandinavian Foundation for Holistic Medicine Sanvika   (Norway)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d DIVISION FOR INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Denmark; Holistic health; Holistic medicine; Holistic process theory; Human development; Life mission theory; Philosophy; Preventive dentistry; Public health; QOL; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; CHARACTER; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHILOSOPHY; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHARACTER; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHILOSOPHY; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 13844314402     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a10160     Document Type: Article

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