Strangers or friends? A proposal for a new spirituality-in-medicine ethic

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 370-374

  Curlin, Farr A ^a,d   Hall, Daniel E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Medical philosophy; Physician patient relations; Religion and medicine; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RELIGION; REVIEW;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FRIENDS; HUMANS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RELIGION; SPIRITUALISM;

EID: 18144400971     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.04110.x     Document Type: Review

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