Health, valuation of life, and the wish to live

Gerontologist

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 406-416

  Lawton, M Powell ^a   Moss, Miriam ^b   Hoffman, Christine ^b   Grant, Richard ^c   Have, Thomas Ten ^d   Kleban, Morton H ^b  

^a POLISHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Polisher Research Institute   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; End of life; Mental health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0032885868     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/39.4.406     Document Type: Article

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