Spiritual support of cancer patients and the role of the doctor

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1333-1339

  Best, Megan ^a,c   Butow, Phyllis ^a   Olver, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CANCER COUNCIL AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c GREENWICH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Doctor patient communication; Role of doctor; Spiritual care; Spiritual support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEAR; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPIRITUAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84897514512     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-2091-1     Document Type: Article

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