Eudaimonic Well-being: Its Importance and Relevance to Occupational Therapy for Humanity

Occupational Therapy International

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 133-141

  Hayward, Claire ^a   Taylor, Jackie ^b  

^a South Birmingham Community Health   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eudaimonic wellbeing; Philosophy of occupational therapy; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUDAIMONIC WELLBEING; HUMAN; HUMANISM; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHILOSOPHY; PHILOSOPHY OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EUDAIMONIC WELLBEING; PHILOSOPHY OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY;

HUMANISM; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 80051948755     PISSN: 09667903     EISSN: 15570703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oti.316     Document Type: Article

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