Iranian cancer patients' perception of spirituality: a qualitative content analysis study

BMC Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rahnama, Mozhgan ^a   Khoshknab, Masoud F ^a   Maddah, Sadat Seyed B ^a   Ahmadi, Fazlollah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Content analysis; Experience; Perception; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867117237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-11-19     Document Type: Article

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