Web-based mindfulness interventions for people with physical health conditions: Systematic review

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Toivonen, Kirsti I ^a   Zernicke, Kristin ^b   Carlson, Linda E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^c TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Internet; Mindfulness; Review

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MINDFULNESS; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MINDFULNESS;

EID: 85029354966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.7487     Document Type: Review

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