Beyond death: Inheriting the past and giving to the future, transmitting the legacy of one's self

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 313-329

  Hunter, Elizabeth G ^a  

^a Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EGO; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JURISPRUDENCE; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EGO; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; WILLS;

EID: 42549106972     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.56.4.a     Document Type: Article

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