Improving the spiritual dimension of whole person care: Reaching national and international consensus

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 642-656

  Puchalski, Christina M ^a   Vitillo, Robert ^b   Hull, Sharon K ^c   Reller, Nancy ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Caritas Internationalis Delegation to the United Nations   (Switzerland)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Sojourn Communications   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS; EDUCATION; FORGIVENESS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOVE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RELIGION; SPIRITUAL CARE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EMPATHY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARDS; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; EMPATHY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SPIRITUALITY; STANDARD OF CARE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901946704     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2014.9427     Document Type: Conference Paper

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