Whose role? Oncology practitioners’ perceptions of their role in providing spiritual care to advanced cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2543-2550

  Rodin, Danielle ^a,b   Balboni, Michael ^c   Mitchell, Christine ^b,c   Smith, Patrick T ^d   VanderWeele, Tyler J ^b   Balboni, Tracy A ^c  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Palliative care; Religion; Spiritual care; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CLERGY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL WORKER; SOCIAL WORKER ATTITUDE; SPIRITUAL CARE; UNITED STATES; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING; ONCOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSES; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SPIRITUALITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84938416810     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-015-2611-2     Document Type: Article

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