The meaning of spirituality and spiritual care among the Hong Kong Chinese terminally ill

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 360-370

  Mok, Esther ^a   Wong, Frances ^a   Wong, Daniel ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Palliative care; Psychosocial nursing; Qualitative approaches; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 75649089270     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05193.x     Document Type: Article

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