Strategies to Support Spirituality in Health Care Communication: A Home Hospice Cancer Caregiver Case Study

Journal of Holistic Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 269-277

  Reblin, Maija ^a   Otis Green, Shirley ^b   Ellington, Lee ^a   Clayton, Margaret F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; hospice; spirituality; support; transdisciplinary education

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84909581795     PISSN: 08980101     EISSN: 15525724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898010114531856     Document Type: Article

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