Sacred Healing Stories Told at the End of Life

Journal of Holistic Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 69-80

  Tuck, Inez ^a   Johnson, Susan Carey ^a   Kuznetsova, Maria I ^a   McCrocklin, Carolyn ^a   Baxter, Marian ^a   Bennington, Linda K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; end of life care; healing; narrative stories; spirituality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

FAITH HEALING; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NEOPLASMS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84866163588     PISSN: 08980101     EISSN: 15525724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898010111418116     Document Type: Article

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