Spiritual needs of cancer patients: A qualitative study

Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 61-67

  Hatamipour, Khadijeh ^a   Rassouli, Maryam ^a   Yaghmaie, Farideh ^b   Zendedel, Kazem ^c   Majd, Hamid Alavi ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer patients; Palliative care; Spiritual needs; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922854972     PISSN: 09731075     EISSN: 19983735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.150190     Document Type: Erratum

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