Transforming the perceptual situation: A meta-ethnography of qualitative work reporting patients' experiences of mindfulness-based approaches

Mindfulness

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-75

  Malpass, Alice ^a   Carel, Havi ^b   Ridd, Matthew ^a   Shaw, Alison ^a   Kessler, David ^a   Sharp, Debbie ^a   Bowden, Mark ^c   Wallond, Julia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Mindbase   (United Kingdom)

^d Bristol Insight Meditation Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; MBCT; MBSR; Meta ethnography; Patient experience; Therapeutic process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865659458     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-011-0081-2     Document Type: Article

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