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. 2015 May;4(3):40-5.
doi: 10.7453/gahmj.2015.043.

Optimal healing environments

Bonnie R Sakallaris  1 , Lorissa MacAllister  2 , Megan Voss  3 , Katherine Smith  4 , Wayne B Jonas  5
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Optimal healing environments

Bonnie R Sakallaris et al. Glob Adv Health Med. 2015 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: OHE; Optimal healing environments; patient-centered care; salutogenesis; whole-person; whole-systems.

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Optimal Healing Environments framework.
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