Using spiritual interventions in practice: Developing some guidelines from evidence-based practice

Social Work

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-158

  Hodge, David R ^a,b,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Mail Code 3920 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Evidence based practice; Interventions; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955504715     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/56.2.149     Document Type: Article

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