Spirituality, religion and psychiatry: Its application to clinical practice

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 408-412

  D'Souza, Russell ^a,b,d   George, Kuruvilla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NORTHERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Psychiatry; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHIATRY; RELIGION; SPIRITUAL CARE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSICIAN; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 33751114935     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1665.2006.02314.x     Document Type: Article

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