Meaning of spiritual care: Iranian nurses' experiences

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 199-206

  Tirgari, Batool ^a   Iranmanesh, Sedigheh ^a   Ali Cheraghi, Mohammad ^b   Arefi, Ali ^c  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Nurse; Phenomenology; Spiritual care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; IRAN; ISLAM; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; IRAN; ISLAM; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; SPIRITUAL THERAPIES;

EID: 84880766748     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HNP.0b013e318294e774     Document Type: Article

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