Understanding why older people develop a wish to die: A qualitative interview study

Crisis

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 204-216

  Rurup, M L ^a   Pasman, H R W ^a   Goedhart, J ^a   Deeg, D J H ^a,b   Kerkhof, A J F M ^a,b   Onwuteaka Philipsen, B D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Death thoughts; Framework; Interviews; Life events; The netherlands

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84855395880     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000078     Document Type: Article

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