The myriad strategies for seeking control in the dying process

Gerontologist

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 755-766

  Schroepfer, Tracy A ^a   Noh, Hyunjin ^a   Kavanaugh, Melinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Primary control; Qualitative research methods, Quality of life; Secondary control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DYING; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 72649104623     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp060     Document Type: Article

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