Ego development in the face of death: How being HIV positive affects movement through erikson's adult stages of development

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 221-235

  Merriam, Sharan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ego development; Erikson's stages of development; HIV; Identity, generativity; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 22044438525     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02511413     Document Type: Article

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