Death preparation among the ethnic Chinese well-elderly in Singapore: An exploratory study

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-239

  Chan, Carol ^a   Yau, Matthew ^b  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SYMBOLISM; TERMINAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FUNERAL RITES; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77149137077     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.60.3.b     Document Type: Article

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