The spiritual encounter within a complementary therapy treatment

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-169

  Elizabeth Foster, R N ^a  

^a Macmillan Palliative Care Team   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary therapies; Holism; Life meaning values; Spirituality; Support

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CREATIVITY; DRIVE; EMPATHY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELIGION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CREATIVENESS; DRIVE; EMPATHY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; LOVE; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 33646475897     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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