Relationship of psychosocial and background variables to older adult's end-of-life decisions

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 72-83

  Cicirelli, Victor G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RIGHT TO DIE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0030904713     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.12.1.72     Document Type: Article

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