Spiritual issues in palliative care consultations in the Netherlands

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 585-592

  Kuin, Annemieke ^a   Deliens, Luc ^a,f   van Zuylen, Lia ^b   Courtens, Annemie M ^c   Vernooij Dassen, Myrra J F J ^d   van der Linden, Barbara ^e   van der Wal, Gerrit ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Palliative Care Consultation teams; Spiritual issues; Spiritual needs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; RELIGION; SPIRITUAL CARE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TELECONSULTATION; CAREGIVER; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSULTANTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 39049190734     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216306071059     Document Type: Article

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