Attitudes toward death: A community study of octoagenarians and nonagenarians

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-221

  Rao, Rahul ^a,d   Dening, Tom ^b   Brayne, Carol ^c   Huppert, Felicia A ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b FULBOURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Forvie Site ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; THINKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 0030693968     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610297004365     Document Type: Article

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