Stress rehabilitation through garden therapy. A caregiver perspective on factors considered most essential to the recovery process

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-58

  Adevi, Anna A ^a   Lieberg, Mats ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Exhaustion disorder; Garden therapy; Stress recovery

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; DISEASE TREATMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84856382591     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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