A Mindful Approach to Chronic Illness

The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Mindfulness

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2014, Pages 852-863

  Phillips, Deborah ^a   Pagnini, Francesco ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Mind body relationship; Mindlessness; Sociocognitive mindfulness; Stress; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897625575     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118294895.ch43     Document Type: Chapter

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