Deathbed scene narratives: A construct and linguistic analysis

Death Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 715-733

  Evans, Jonathan W ^a   Walters, Andrew S ^b   Hatch Woodruff, Marjorie L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Southern Methodist University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEATH; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032740757     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/074811899200740     Document Type: Article

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