"It depends": Viewpoints of patients, physicians, and nurses on patient-practitioner prayer in the setting of advanced cancer

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 836-847

  Balboni, Michael J ^a,b   Babar, Amenah ^c   Dillinger, Jennifer ^a   Phelps, Andrea C ^a   George, Emily ^d   Block, Susan D ^a,e   Kachnic, Lisa ^d   Hunt, Jessica ^a   Peteet, John ^a,e   Prigerson, Holly G ^a,e   Vanderweele, Tyler J ^d   Balboni, Tracy A ^a,e  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

end of life care; palliative care; Prayer; religion; spiritual care; spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPIRITUAL CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BOSTON; FAITH HEALING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 79955054007     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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