Mind frames towards dying and factors motivating their adoption by terminally ill elders

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Schroepfer, Tracy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; DYING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 33646568082     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/61.3.S129     Document Type: Article

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