German community pastors' contact with palliative care patients and collaboration with health care professionals

Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-100

  Buser, Kurt ^a   Amelung, Volker E ^a   Schneider, Nils ^a,b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Public Health and Health Services Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; End of life care; Health services research; Palliative care; Pastoral care; Public health

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

AGE FACTORS; CHRISTIANITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PASTORAL CARE; PATIENTS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 62649097901     PISSN: 15524256     EISSN: 15524264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15524250802353926     Document Type: Article

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