Quality of Life as Medicine: Interventions that Induce Salutogenesis. A Review of the Literature

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 415-433

  Ventegodt, Søren ^a,b,c,d,e   Omar, Hatim A ^f   Merrick, Joav ^e,f,g  

^a QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b Research Clinic for Holistic Medicine   (Denmark)

^c Nordic School of Holistic Medicine   (Denmark)

^d Scandinavian Foundation for Holistic Medicine   (Norway)

^e Interuniversity College   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^g DIVISION FOR INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; CAM; Cancer; Chronic disease; Clinical medicine; Coronary heart disease; Evidence based non drug medicine; Healing; Holistic medicine; Mental disorders; Pain; Quality of life; Salutogenesis; Therapeutic touch

Indexed keywords

HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HOLISTIC APPROACH; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 78650750551     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9621-8     Document Type: Article

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