Written prayers and religious coping in a paediatric hospital setting

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 423-432

  Grossoehme, Daniel H ^a   Jacobson, C Jeffrey ^b   Cotton, Sian ^c   Ragsdale, Judith R ^a   van Dyke, Rhonda ^a   Seid, Michael ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Paediatric; Prayer; Religious coping

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958126255     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674671003762693     Document Type: Article

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