Palliative care for Muslim patients

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 432-436

  Al Shahri, Mohammad Zafir ^a,b   Al Khenaizan, Abdullah ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE DERIVATIVE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ARAB; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; DEATH; DIETARY INTAKE; DYING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYGIENE; JUSTICE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOSLEM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPIRITUAL CARE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BATHS; DIET; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

EID: 32544433925     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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