Spiritual issues as an essential element of quality palliative care: A commentary

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-162

  Puchalski, Christina M ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE;

CODES OF ETHICS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 50449104480     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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