Testing the validity of a protocol to screen for spiritual struggle among parents of children with cystic fibrosis

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 281-308

  Grossoehme, Daniel H ^a   Fitchett, George ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Parents; Religion; Screening; Spiritual struggle; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958981142     PISSN: 10468064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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