Spirituality and reductionism: Three replies

Nursing Philosophy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 178-190

  Paley, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Faith.; Ideology; Psychology; Reductionism; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; ETHICS; EXISTENTIALISM; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATERNALISM; PHILOSOPHY; RELIGION;

DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ETHICS, NURSING; EXISTENTIALISM; HUMANS; PATERNALISM; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; RELIGION AND SCIENCE; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 77954586253     PISSN: 14667681     EISSN: 1466769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-769X.2010.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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