Addressing spirituality within the care of patients at the end of life: Perspectives of patients with advanced cancer, oncologists, and oncology nurses

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 2538-2544

  Phelps, Andrea C ^a   Lauderdale, Katharine E ^c   Alcorn, Sara ^d   Dillinger, Jennifer ^a   Balboni, Michael T ^a   Van Wert, Michael ^e   VanderWeele, Tyler J ^b   Balboni, Tracy A ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGY; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84864070853     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.40.3766     Document Type: Article

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