The Impact of the Hospice Environment on Patient Spiritual Expression

Heather M. Tan

M Grief

PC Couns

Grad Dip

Annette Braunack-Mayer

B Med

Justin Beilby

ONF 2005, 32(5), 1049-1055. DOI: 10.1188/05.ONF.1049-1055

Purpose/Objectives: To understand how hospital inpatients express their spirituality and to investigate the impact of hospice environment on this expression.

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