title: Asian spiritual traditions and their usefulness to practitioners and patients facing life and death.
authors.affiliation: Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: James S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Blackhall
authors.forename: Madeline Ko-I
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Bastis
authors.forename: Robert A F
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Thurman
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001293:Attitude to Death; D006801:Humans; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D029181:Spirituality