Death concerns among individuals newly diagnosed with lung cancer

Death Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 931-946

  Lehto, Rebecca ^a   Therrien, Barbara ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VETERANS;

EID: 78049393592     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481181003765477     Document Type: Article

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