Social relationships and their role in the consideration to Hasten death

Gerontologist

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 612-621

  Schroepfer, Tracy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Social control; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 57149113168     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/48.5.612     Document Type: Article

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