Spiritual perspectives and practices at the end-of-life: A review of the major world religions and application to palliative care

Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 53-58

  Bauer Wu, S ^a,b   Barrett, R ^a   Yeager, K ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life; Palliative care; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849132026     PISSN: 09731075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.38900     Document Type: Review

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