Folklore associated with dying in the west of Ireland

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-62

  Donnelly, Sinead ^a,b  

^a West of Scotland Deanery   (United Kingdom)

^b Hunters Hill Marie Curie   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Folklore; Ireland; Palliative care; Thanatology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYING; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMOR; IRELAND; LANGUAGE; LITERATURE; PHILOSOPHY; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FOLKLORE; HUMANS; IRELAND; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; THANATOLOGY;

EID: 0032991882     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921699675359029     Document Type: Article

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