Living amidst consolation in the presence of God perceptions of consolation among the oldest old: The umeå 85+ study

Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 3-20

  Fischer, Regina Santamaki ^a   Nygren, Björn ^a   Lundman, Berit ^a   Norberg, Astrid ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consolation; Content analysis; Interviews; Religion; The oldest old

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548651713     PISSN: 15528030     EISSN: 15528049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J496v19n03_02     Document Type: Article

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