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Integrating Religion and Spirituality into Clinical Practice
Special Issue Information
The topic of the special issue covers the topic of the 4th European Conference on Religion, Spirituality and Health ECRSH14 (see www.ecrsh.eu) in Malta May 2014: “Integrating Religion and Spirituality into Clinical Practice”. This special issue documents the European conference, but is open to related topics continuing the discussion.
Prof. Dr. Arndt Büssing
Dr. med. René Hefti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- spirituality
- religion
- health
- clinical practice
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