Seeking comfort through prayer

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-18

  Hawley, G ^a   Irurita, V ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comfort; Death; God; Prayer

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COUNSELING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PASTORAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0032011988     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.1998.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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