Control theory in dying: What do we know?

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 204-208

  Redding, Susan ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEHAVIOR; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMAN; PATIENT RIGHT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; PATIENT RIGHTS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0034191173     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104990910001700316     Document Type: Article

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