A turn towards dying: Presence, signature, and the social course of chronic illness in Urban America

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-227

  Meyers, Todd ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Chronic illness; Dying; Social course of illness; Urban United States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34547546936     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740701457025     Document Type: Article

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