Green care and mental health: Gardening and farming as health and social care

Mental Health and Social Inclusion

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 15-22

  Sempik, Joe ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Green care; Health promotion; Horticultural therapy; Mental health; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955898868     PISSN: 20428316     EISSN: 20428308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5042/mhsi.2010.0440     Document Type: Article

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