Research progress in the definition, assessment tools, and practice of spiritual care

Lan Deng; Hua-Xia Liu

doi:10.2478/fon-2020-0014

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Research progress in the definition, assessment tools, and practice of spiritual care

Frontiers of Nursing

Volume 7 (2020): Issue 2 (June 2020)

By: Lan Deng and Hua-Xia Liu

Open Access

|Jul 2020

Abstract

To promote the development of nursing spiritual care and humanistic care, this article introduces the current status of the definition, assessment tools, and practice of spiritual care at home and abroad.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0014 | Journal eISSN: 2544-8994 | Journal ISSN: 2097-5368

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Language: English

Page range: 81 - 86

Submitted on: Jun 13, 2019

Accepted on: Sep 14, 2019

Published on: Jul 14, 2020

Published by: Shanxi Medical Periodical Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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