Defining Spirituality in Healthcare: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework.
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SUBMITTER: de Brito Sena MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8637184 | biostudies-literature | 2021
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Defining Spirituality in Healthcare: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework.
de Brito Sena Marina Aline MA Damiano Rodolfo Furlan RF Lucchetti Giancarlo G Peres Mario Fernando Prieto MFP
Frontiers in psychology 20211118
<b>Objective:</b> To investigate the definitions of spirituality in the healthcare field, identifying its main dimensions and proposing a framework that operationalizes the understanding of this concept. <b>Methods:</b> This is a systematic review following the PRISMA guideline (PROSPERO: CRD42021262091), searching for spirituality definitions published in scientific journals. Searches were carried out in PubMed (all articles listed up to October 2020) and in the reference lists of the articles ...[more]
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