The religious and spiritual beliefs and practices of academic pediatric oncologists in the United States

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 736-742

  Ecklund, Elaine Howard ^a   Cadge, Wendy ^b   Gage, Elizabeth A ^a   Catlin, Elizabeth A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes of health personnel; Pediatric oncology; Religion in medicine; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACULTY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SPIRITUALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35948934690     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31815a0e39     Document Type: Article

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