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Joining Knowledge Traditions: Towards an Integrated Approach to Health and Well-Being

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Part of the book series: Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology ((CAPP,volume 5))

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This book was conceived as an attempt to bring together Western and Indian approaches to the theme of health care and promotion, with the aim to propose an integrated perspective that can help overcome the limitations of culture-bound models and highlight the contribution potential of a complex and multidimensional view to research and intervention practices.

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  1. Ayurvedic Point, Milano, Italy

    Antonio Morandi

  2. SNA Oushadhasala Pvt. Ltd, Thrissur, Kerala, India

    A. N. Narayanan Nambi

  3. Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milano, Milan, Italy

    Antonella Delle Fave

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  1. Ayurvedic Point, C.so Sempione 63, Milano, 20149, Italy

    Antonio Morandi

  2. SNA Oushadhasala Pvt. Ltd, Moospet Road, Thrissur, Kerala, 680 005, India

    A.N.Narayanan Nambi

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Morandi, A., Nambi, A.N.N., Fave, A.D. (2013). Joining Knowledge Traditions: Towards an Integrated Approach to Health and Well-Being. In: Morandi, A., Nambi, A. (eds) An Integrated View of Health and Well-being. Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6689-1_11

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