Spirituality and aging

Aging Health

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 749-769

  Lavretsky, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; coping; death; dying; meditation; mental health; mindfulness; neurobiology; physical health; religiosity; spirituality; yoga

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATTITUDE TO AGING; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COPING BEHAVIOR; DYING; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RELIGION; REVIEW; RITUAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SPIRITUAL CARE; YOGA;

EID: 78650269334     PISSN: 1745509X     EISSN: 17455103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/ahe.10.70     Document Type: Review

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