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SPIRITUAL CARE OF END OF LIFE PATIENTS IN IRAN: A NEGLECTED NURSING PRACTICE
Spirituality as one of the human being aspects, is associated with all domains of health and disease as well as the source of power and improvement in patients (1). Although, all of patients have spiritual needs, but end of life patients that encounter with unassertiveness, spiritual needs are very important (2). Nurses have responsibility to carry out spiritual care ethically and professional...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of General Practice
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0960-1643,1478-5242
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp15x683425