Why is spiritual care infrequent at the end of life? spiritual care perceptions among patients, nurses, and physicians and the role of training

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 461-467

  Balboni, Michael J ^a,b   Sullivan, Adam ^c   Amobi, Adaugo ^a   Phelps, Andrea C ^a   Gorman, Daniel P ^a   Zollfrank, Angelika ^d   Peteet, John R ^a,b   Prigerson, Holly G ^a,b   VanderWeele, Tyler J ^c   Balboni, Tracy A ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRITUAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BOSTON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSES; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PASTORAL CARE; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874768552     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.44.6443     Document Type: Article

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