Prayer as a complementary health strategy for managing HIV-related symptoms among ethnically diverse patients

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 65-72

  Coleman, Christopher Lance ^a   Eller, Lucille S ^b   Nokes, Kathleen M ^c   Bunch, Eli ^d   Reynolds, Nancy R ^e   Corless, Inge B ^f   Dole, Pam ^g   Kemppainen, Jeanne K ^h   Kirksey, Kenn ^j   Seficik, Liz ^k   Nicholas, Patrice K ^f   Hamilton, Mary Jane ^k   Tsai, Yun Fang ^l   Holzemer, William L ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^g Greenwich House   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^l NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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Author keywords

Complementary health strategies; Ethnicity; HIV AIDS; Prayer; Symptom management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NORWAY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FAITH HEALING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NORWAY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646457877     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-200603000-00006     Document Type: Article

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