Deathbed visions from India: A study of family observations in northern Kerala

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-109

  Muthumana, Sandhya ^a   Kumari, Meena ^a   Kellehear, Allan ^b   Kumar, Suresh ^a   Moosa, Feroze ^c  

^a Institute of Palliative Medicine   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVER; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; RESTLESSNESS; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 78650791486     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.62.2.a     Document Type: Article

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