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Creative Writing for Health and Well-Being

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  1. International Thriving at Work Research Centre, University of Chester, Chester, Cheshire, UK

    Tony Wall

  2. The Poetry Practice Ltd and England Centre for Practice Development, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, UK

    Victoria Field

  3. Klaipėda University, Klaipėda, Lithuania

    Jūratė Sučylaitė

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  1. FTZ-ALS, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences FTZ-ALS, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Centre for Work Related Studies, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

  3. University of Aveiro , Aveiro, Portugal

    Ulisses Azeiteiro

  4. Ctr Neurosci & Cell Biology, 1 Floor, Univ Coimbra, Edf Fac Medicina, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  5. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  6. Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

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    Tony Wall

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Wall, T., Field, V., Sučylaitė, J. (2019). Creative Writing for Health and Well-Being. In: Leal Filho, W., Wall, T., Azeiteiro, U., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P. (eds) Good Health and Well-Being. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69627-0_13-1

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