Spiritual needs of Taiwan's older patients with terminal cancer

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Shih, Fu Jin ^a,b   Lin, Hung Ru ^c   Gau, Meei Ling ^d   Chen, Ching Huey ^e   Hsiao, Szu Mei ^b,f   Shih, Shaw Nin ^b,g   Sheu, Shuh Jen ^b  

^a Institute of Public Health   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Nursing ^*  (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f RO   (Taiwan)

^g TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TRUST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNERAL RITES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SPIRITUALITY; TAIWAN; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; TRUST;

EID: 58149519196     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/09.ONF.E31-E38     Document Type: Article

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