Do patients want doctors to talk about spirituality? A systematic literature review

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1320-1328

  Best, Megan ^a,b   Butow, Phyllis ^a   Olver, Ian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GREENWICH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doctor patient communication; Physician patient communication; Religion; Review; Spiritual care; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSULTATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPOWERMENT; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SPIRITUAL CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRUST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

HUMANS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84943817081     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.04.017     Document Type: Review

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