Nurses' experiences assessing the spirituality of terminally ill patients in acute clinical practice

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 337-343

  Smyth, Therese ^a   Allen, Sonia ^b  

^a Central Gippsland Health Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute care; Assessment; End of life care; Recognition; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961075064     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2011.17.7.337     Document Type: Article

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