Faith and religious beliefs in an outpatient military population

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 527-531

  McLaughlin, Sandra S ^a,b   McLaughlin, Andrew D ^b   Van Slyke, John A ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b 620 John Paul Jones Circle ^*

Author keywords

Faith; Military; Religious beliefs; Religious practices; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS GROUP; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHRISTIANITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PASTORAL CARE; RELIGION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; SICK ROLE; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIRGINIA;

EID: 77953286272     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181de0304     Document Type: Article

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