Death preparation and anxiety: A survey in Hong Kong

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-78

  Chan, Timothy Hang Yee ^a   Chan, Faye M Y ^b   Tin, Agnes F ^a   Chow, Amy Y M ^a   Chan, Cecilia L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34548131596     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/6478-6572-V704-1545     Document Type: Article

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