Spirituality, religion, and clinical care

Chest

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1634-1642

  Sulmasy, Daniel P ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL MANHATTAN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical ethics; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

CLERGY; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW;

EID: 66649099593     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-2241     Document Type: Article

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