Religion, spirituality and cardiovascular disease: Research, clinical implications, and opportunities in Brazil;Religião, espiritualidade e doença cardiovascular: Pesquisa, implicações clínicas e oportunidades no Brasil

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-128

  Lucchese, Fernando A ^a   Koenig, Harold G ^b,c  

^a Theology and Health Duke University Medical Center ^*

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgical procedures; Cardiovascular diseases; Mortality; Religion; Research; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMANISM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANISM; HUMANS; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; SPIRITUALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878538239     PISSN: 01027638     EISSN: 16789741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/1678-9741.20130015     Document Type: Article

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