Measures of spiritual issues for palliative care patients: A literature review

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 859-868

  Vivat, Bella ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Spiritual well being; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; LITERATURE; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 58149236948     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216308095990     Document Type: Review

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