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J Caring Sci. 2015;4(4): 309-320. doi: 10.15171/jcs.2015.031
PMID: 26744730        PMCID: PMC4699504

Original Research

Spiritual wellbeing, Attitude toward Spiritual Care and its Relationship with Spiritual Care Competence among Critical Care Nurses

Tagie Azarsa 1, Arefeh Davoodi 1 * , Abdolah Khorami Markani 2, Akram Gahramanian 1, Afkham Vargaeei 3

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