Levels of death anxiety: A comparison of American and Lithuanian health and social service personnel

Death Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 665-675

  Roff, Lucinda Lee ^a   Simon, Cassandra ^a   Klemmack, David ^a   Butkeviciene, Ruta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; DEATH ANXIETY SCALE; DYING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEATHER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LITHUANIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIDIMENSIONAL FEAR OF DEATH SCALE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL WORK; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; PSYCHOMETRICS; RELIGION; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746827729     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180600776077     Document Type: Article

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