Aboriginal spiritual perspectives: Research findings relevant to end-of-lifecare

Illness Crisis and Loss

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-171

  McGrath, Pam ^a,b   Phillips, Emma ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal beliefs; Death and dying; Indigenous; Palliative care; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749137202     PISSN: 10541373     EISSN: 15526968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/IL.16.2.e     Document Type: Article

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