From retreat center to clinic to boardroom? perils and promises of the modern mindfulness movement

Religions

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1062-1086

  Farb, Norman A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appropriation; Buddhism; Eastern; Efficacy; mindfulness; Salutary claim; Science; Training; Well being; Western

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910126138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20771444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rel5041062     Document Type: Article

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