'What we've tried, hasn't worked': The politics of assets based public health 1

Critical Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-145

  Friedli, Lynne ^a  

^a Freelance Researcher   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assets; inequalities; mental health; politics; public health; Scotland; well being

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 84876962097     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2012.748882     Document Type: Article

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