It's all sacred: African American women's perspectives on spirituality

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-45

  Banks Wallace, Joanne ^a   Parks, Lennette ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CHRISTIAN; COSMOS; DECISION MAKING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; RELIGION; REVIEW; WELLBEING;

EID: 0842287316     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840490249028-22     Document Type: Review

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