Religion and spirituality: A discussion paper about negativity, reductionism and differentiation in nursing texts

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 775-785

  Clarke, Janice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Functionalism; Reductionism; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEAR; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; MODEL; MOTIVATION; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RELIGION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANOMIE; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNISM; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEAR; FREUDIAN THEORY; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NEGATIVISM; NURSING RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PREJUDICE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

EID: 33745642275     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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