Examining the Validity of the Rush Protocol to Screen for Religious/Spiritual Struggle

Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 98-112

  Fitchett, George ^a   Murphy, Patricia ^a   King, Stephen D W ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; chaplains; distress screening; religion; spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHAPLAINCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85016968698     PISSN: 08854726     EISSN: 15286916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08854726.2017.1294861     Document Type: Article

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