Blessings: The influence of a spirituality-based intervention on psychospiritual outcomes in a cardiac population

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 210-219

  Delaney, Colleen ^a   Barrere, Cynthia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPIRITUAL THERAPIES;

EID: 49949111297     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HNP.0000326004.57687.74     Document Type: Article

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