'Wellbeing': A collateral casualty of modernity?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1556-1560

  Carlisle, Sandra ^a   Henderson, Gregor ^b   Hanlon, Phil W ^a  

^a Medical School   (United Kingdom)

^b National Mental Health Development Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer culture; Environmental critique; Late modernity; Mental and emotional well being

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTALISM; MENTAL HEALTH; MODERNITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CULTURAL VALUE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL MARKETING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 71149116377     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.08.029     Document Type: Article

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