Relationship of recollections of first death experience to current death attitudes

Death Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 201-221

  Prigerson, Holly ^a  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEATH; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034032126     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/074811800200540     Document Type: Article

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