The impact of postmodernization on existential health in Sweden: Psychology of religion's function in existential public health analysis

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-74

  DeMarinis, Valerie ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural analysis; Cultural epidemiology; Diagnosis; Existential epidemiology; Existential health; Existential public health; Postmodern society; Psychology of religion; Sweden; Worldview analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 61949167551     PISSN: 00846724     EISSN: 15736121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157361208X316962     Document Type: Review

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