The meaning that young Israeli adults ascribe to the least undesirable death

Death Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 733-759

  Leichtentritt, Ronit D ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; LIFE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIETY; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 4644248306     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180490483382     Document Type: Review

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