Voices of resilience: Older adults in hospice care

Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 87-106

  Nelson Becker, Holly B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dying well; End of life; Hospice; Older adults; Resilience; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33845770801     PISSN: 15524256     EISSN: 15524264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J457v02n03_07     Document Type: Article

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