Hope and hopelessness at the end of life

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 393-405

  Sullivan, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DYING; GRIEF; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037710391     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200307000-00002     Document Type: Article

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