Spirituality, spiritual need, and spiritual care in aged care: What the literature says

Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 281-295

  Jackson, David ^a   Doyle, Colleen ^a   Capon, Hannah ^a   Pringle, Elizabeth ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Improvement Matters Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care; guidelines; organisational approach; spiritual care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978524926     PISSN: 15528030     EISSN: 15528049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2016.1193097     Document Type: Article

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