Place of death among Botswana's oldest old

Omega (United States)

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 173-187

  Mark Lazenby, J ^a   Olshvevski, Jodi ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BOTSWANA; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; REGISTER; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BOTSWANA; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HOSPICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84865236375     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.65.3.a     Document Type: Article

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