Physicians and patient spirituality: Professional boundaries, competency, and ethics

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 578-583

  Post, Stephen G ^a   Puchalski, Christina M ^b   Larson, David B ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RELIGION; REVIEW;

EID: 0034603819     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-132-7-200004040-00010     Document Type: Review

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