Palliative care specialists’ beliefs about spiritual care

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 3295-3306

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

ANZSPM; MASCC; Neoplasms; Physician patient relations; Spiritual care; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIGNITY THERAPY; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HEALING TOUCH; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC THERAPY; NEW ZEALAND; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SPEECH THERAPY; SPIRITUAL CARE; YOGA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84960081123     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-016-3135-0     Document Type: Article

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