The clinical assessment of spirituality in palliative care

Background: The practice of palliative care and the specialty of palliative medicine emerged from the modern hospice movement and its foundational philosophy of treating the whole person. This holistic approach recognises that the needs of dying patients are complex and multifaceted. Spirituality is...

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Main Author: Cobb, Mark
Other Authors: Lloyd-Williams, Mari; Dowrick, Chris
Published: University of Liverpool 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.617415