Palliative-care professionals' experiences of unusual spiritual phenomena at the end of life

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 479-493

  McDonald, Claire ^a   Murray, Craig ^b   Atkin, Heather ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Lillyhall Business Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

end of life; palliative care; phenomena; professionals; spiritual

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897026212     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2013.849668     Document Type: Article

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