Confronting suffering and death at the end of life: The impact of religiosity, psychosocial factors, and life regret among hospice patients

Death Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 777-800

  Neimeyer, Robert A ^a   Currier, Joseph M ^b   Coleman, Rachel ^a   Tomer, Adrian ^c   Samuel, Emily ^d  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b Fuller Theological Seminary ^*  (United States)

^c SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Methodist Alliance Hospice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAUCASIAN; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EMOTIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TENNESSEE;

EID: 80053315055     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2011.583200     Document Type: Article

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