"Spirituality, suffering, and healing": a learning option for Western Australian medical students.

J Pain Symptom Manage

Behavioural Science Unit, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia.

Published: March 2014

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