Attention to inpatients' religious and spiritual concerns: Predictors and association with patient satisfaction

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1265-1271

  Williams, Joshua A ^a   Meltzer, David ^a   Arora, Vineet ^a   Chung, Grace ^a   Curlin, Farr A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

patient satisfaction; physician patient communication; quality of care; religion; spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SPIRITUAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHICAGO; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RELIGION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 80755128490     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1781-y     Document Type: Article

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