Prehospital spirituality: How well do we know ambulance patients?

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 356-361

  Jang, Timothy ^a,b   Kryder, George D ^a,b   Char, Douglas ^a   Howell, Randy ^a   Primrose, Joseph ^a   Tan, David ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Abbott Ambulance   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medical technician (EMT); paramedic; spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AMBULANCES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PASTORAL CARE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 13744251219     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00001989     Document Type: Article

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