Holistic and biomedical concepts of health: A study of health notions among Swedish occupational therapists and a suggestion for developing an instrument for comparative studies

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 141-150

  Björklund, Anita ^a   Svenson, Tommy ^b,c   Read, Sanna ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biostatistical model of health; Health notions; Holistic model of health; Occupational therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOMEDICINE; BIOSTATISTICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33747428731     PISSN: 11038128     EISSN: 16512014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11038120500527923     Document Type: Article

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