FACT: Taking a spiritual history in a clinical setting

Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Larocca Pitts, Mark A ^a  

^a Athens Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaplain; Religion and health; Spiritual assessment; Spiritual care; Spiritual history

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLERGY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION;

CLERGY; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENTS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 66149097707     PISSN: 08854726     EISSN: 15286916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08854720802698350     Document Type: Article

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