Erratum to: Elderly Indo-Caribbean Hindus and End-of-Life Care: A Community-Based Exploratory Study: THE INDO-CARIBBEAN HINDU ELDERLY AND END-OF-LIFE CARE (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56, 6, (1129-1133), 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01723.x);Elderly Indo-Caribbean Hindus and end-of-life care: A community-based exploratory study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1129-1133

  Rao, Arun S ^a   Desphande, Ohm M ^a   Jamoona, Chan ^b   Reid, Carrington M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b South Ozone Park   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life; Ethnicity; Hinduism; Indo Caribbean

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AGING; CENTRAL AMERICA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 44649111885     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15658     Document Type: Erratum

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