Patient versus health care provider perspectives on spirituality and spiritual care: The potential to miss the moment

Annals of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 143-152

  Selby, Debbie ^a   Seccaraccia, Dori ^a   Huth, Jim ^a   Kurppa, Kristin ^a   Fitch, Margaret ^b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Palliative care; Spiritual care; Spiritual distress

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RELIGION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PALLIATIVE CARE; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 85018327217     PISSN: 22245820     EISSN: 22245839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21037/apm.2016.12.03     Document Type: Article

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