Iranian nurses' perception of spirituality and spiritual care: A qualitative content analysis study

Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mahmoodishan, Gholamreza ^a   Alhani, Fatemeh ^a   Ahmadi, Fazlollah ^a   Kazemnejad, Anoshirvan ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Evaluation; Nurses' lifestyle; Nurses' spirituality; Spiritual care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922891048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20080387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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