Survey on death and dying in Hong Kong: Attitudes, beliefs, and preferred end-of-life care

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-65

  Mjelde Mossey, Lee Ann ^a,b   Chan, Cecilia L W ^b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Department of Social Work and Social Administration ^*

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Chinese; Death and dying; End of life care; Hospice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34548177818     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v45n01_04     Document Type: Review

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