Spirituality and ageing: The health implications of religious belief and practice

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 318-319

  Coleman, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26944473277     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi121     Document Type: Editorial

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