Anatomy of life and well-being: A framework for the contributions of phenomenology and complexity theory

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Mugerauer, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Environment; Health; Organism; Person; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875044555     PISSN: 17482623     EISSN: 17482631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v5i2.5097     Document Type: Article

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