Patients' views about physician's spiritual role in medical practice

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 462-465

  Qidwai, Waris ^b   Tayyab, Arsalan ^a  

^a Karachi Grammar School   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Patients' views; Religion and medicine; Religion and science; Spiritualism; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPETENCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENTIALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUACKERY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RELIGION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 4544315000     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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