The lived experiences of spiritual suffering and the healing process among Taiwanese patients with terminal cancer

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 735-743

  Chio, Chung Ching ^a   Shih, Fu Jin ^b   Chiou, Jeng Fong ^c   Lin, Hsiao Wei ^c   Hsiao, Fei Hsiu ^d   Chen, Yu Ting ^e  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d School of Medicine   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Change; Healing; Nursing; Spirituality; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; TAIWAN; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 39049140302     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01854.x     Document Type: Article

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