The construction of the good death: A dramaturgy approach

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-103

  Leichtentritt, Ronit D ^a   Rettig, Kathryn D ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dramaturgy; Good death; Israel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042907321     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-4065(00)00018-9     Document Type: Article

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