Health Care Providers' Mindfulness and Treatment Outcomes: A Critical Review of the Research Literature

Mindfulness

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 242-253

  Escuriex, Brittany F ^a   Labbé, Elise E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Client outcome; Health care provider; Mindfulness; Therapeutic alliance; Therapist; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869233585     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-011-0068-z     Document Type: Article

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