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The Spiritual History - How and why healthcare professionals should utilize them
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The Spiritual History - How and why healthcare professionals should utilize them
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Walt Larimore
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Nov 2, 2011
Why does the Joint Commission now require a spiritual history for hospital admissions? This evidence-based review of the literature looks at the how’s and why’s of spiritual assessment in clinical medicine with a practical how-to time of discussion.
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