Poverty and spiritual life: Impact on health and nursing care in Uganda

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-76

  Thompson, Cheryl W ^a   Cechanowicz, Barbara ^b  

^a YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Norms; Nursing; Practice; Spirituality; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548952199     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822307306930     Document Type: Article

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