People living with serious illness: Stories of spirituality

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 15-16, 2012, Pages 2347-2356

  Molzahn, Anita ^a   Sheilds, Laurene ^b   Bruce, Anne ^b   Stajduhar, Kelli ^b   Makaroff, Kara Schick ^a   Beuthin, Rosanne ^b   Shermak, Sheryl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Narrative inquiry; Serious illness; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LITERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERSONAL NARRATIVES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84863993760     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04196.x     Document Type: Article

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