Case study of a chaplain's spiritual care for a patient with advanced metastatic breast cancer

Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 19-37

  Cooper, Rhonda S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Case study; Chaplaincy; Outcomes; Pastoral care interventions

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BREAST TUMOR; CLERGY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHAPLAINCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CLERGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PASTORAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79956349060     PISSN: 08854726     EISSN: 15286916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08854726.2011.559832     Document Type: Article

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