Spiritual care: How to do it

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 319-327

  Sinclair, Shane ^a,b,c   Bouchal, Shelley Raffin ^b   Chochinov, Harvey ^c   Hagen, Neil ^b   McClement, Susan ^c  

^a ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION;

ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84889091879     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000191     Document Type: Article

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