Concept Analysis of Spirituality: An Evolutionary Approach

Nursing Forum

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 79-96

  Weathers, Elizabeth ^a   Mccarthy, Geraldine ^b   Coffey, Alice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Concept analysis; Nursing; Spirituality; Theory

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; RELIGION;

HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84922496562     PISSN: 00296473     EISSN: 17446198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nuf.12128     Document Type: Article

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