Where they want to die: Correlates of elderly persons' preferences for death site

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 527-542

  Iecovich, Esther ^a   Carmel, Sara ^a   Bachner, Yaacov G ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Death site; Elderly people; Personality traits; Preferences; Social support

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ELDERLY POPULATION; SOCIAL THEORY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ISRAEL;

AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 73449121510     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371910802679341     Document Type: Article

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