The importance of spiritual assessment when caring for older adults

Ageing and Society

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-16

  Harrington, Ann ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

piritual assessment; religion; spiritual distress; spiritual wellbeing; spirituality

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ELDERLY POPULATION; RELIGION; SOCIAL WORK;

ADULT; HUMAN; NURSING; RELIGION; SOCIAL WORK; THEOLOGY;

EID: 84949471342     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X14001007     Document Type: Article

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