Are cross-cultural comparisons of norms on death anxiety valid?

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-313

  Beshai, James A ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 51849102127     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.57.3.e     Document Type: Article

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