Embodied health: A guiding perspective for research in health psychology

Health Psychology Review

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL1, 2013, Pages

  Ghane, Arezou ^a   Sweeny, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biopsychosocial model of health; Cartesian dualism; embodiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879181400     PISSN: 17437199     EISSN: 17437202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2012.706988     Document Type: Article

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