Spiritual Expressions of African Americans and Whites in Cancer Pain

Journal of Holistic Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-116

  Buck, Harleah G ^a   Meghani, Salimah H ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; cancer patients; oncology; pain; qualitative; spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; SPIRITUALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866155525     PISSN: 08980101     EISSN: 15525724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898010111423420     Document Type: Article

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