Palliative care review: Spiritual, religious, and existential aspects of palliative care

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 392-414

  Okon, Tomasz R ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXISTENTIALISM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WELLBEING; DECISION MAKING; METAPHYSICS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

DECISION MAKING; EXISTENTIALISM; HUMANS; METAPHYSICS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 22844444572     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2005.8.392     Document Type: Review

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