Principles to make a spiritual assessment work in your practice

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 625-631

  Lawrence, Robert T ^a,c   Smith, Dwight W ^b  

^a Montgomery Ctr for Family Medicine   (United States)

^b Alaska Family Practice Residency   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVALUATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIGION;

ADULT; CULTURE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PASTORAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SPIRITUALITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4043056652     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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