Current status of teaching on spirituality in UK medical schools

Medical Education

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-182

  Neely, David ^a   Minford, Eunice J ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*spirituality; Curriculum; Education, medical, undergraduate *methods; Great Britain; Multicentre study publication type ; Questionnaires; Teaching *methods

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; TEACHER; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SPIRITUALITY; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349182992     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2007.02980.x     Document Type: Article

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