Examining Forms of Spiritual Care Provided in the Advanced Cancer Setting

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 750-757

  Epstein Peterson, Zachary D ^a   Sullivan, Adam J ^b   Enzinger, Andrea C ^a,c   Trevino, Kelly M ^d   Zollfrank, Angelika A ^e   Balboni, Michael J ^a,c   VanderWeele, Tyler J ^b   Balboni, Tracy A ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

end of life care; religion; spiritual care; spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE; NURSING; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSES; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SPIRITUALITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84943194487     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: 19382715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909114540318     Document Type: Article

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