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Wellbeing, Whole Health and Societal Transformation: Theoretical Insights and Practical Applications

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Global Advances in Health and Medicine, Volume: 11

Swansea University Authors: Andrew Kemp Orcid Logo, Zoe Fisher Orcid Logo

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Society faces several major interrelated challenges which have an increasingly profound impact on global health including inequalities, inequities, chronic disease and the climate catastrophe. We argue here that a focus on the determinants of wellbeing across multiple domains offers under-realised p...

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ISSN: 2164-957X 2164-9561
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