Teaching Health Care Providers to Provide Spiritual Care: A Pilot Study

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 408-414

  Zollfrank, Angelika A ^a   Trevino, Kelly M ^b   Cadge, Wendy ^c   Balboni, Michael J ^d   Thiel, Mary Martha ^e   Fitchett, George ^f   Gallivan, Kathleen ^g   VanderWeele, Tyler ^d   Balboni, Tracy A ^h  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^f RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BUDDHIST; CATHOLIC; CHRISTIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HINDU; HUMAN; JUDAISM; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMFORT; PILOT STUDY; PROTESTANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF REPORT; SPIRITUAL CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PASTORAL CARE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RELIGION; SELF EFFICACY; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84929996323     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2014.0306     Document Type: Article

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