%0 Journal Article
%T Promoting Well
%A Neil Thompson
%A Wulf Livingston
%J Illness, Crisis & Loss
%@ 1552-6968
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1054137316643445
%X The topic of well-being is one that is receiving increasing attention in a number of academic fields and professional disciplines. It is a concept that can be used as a unifying theme to link together a number of important concepts that have significant implications for professional education and practice across the human services. This article explores different aspects of well-being, differentiates well-being from the now-stigmatized term of welfare, and argues that professional education has much to be gained from adopting a well-being approach. It presents well-being as an important basis for addressing issues relating to illness, crisis, and loss
%K well-being
%K quality of life
%K welfare
%K spirituality
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1054137316643445