Predicting a Partner's End-of-Life Preferences, or Substituting One's Own?

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 734-745

  Moorman, Sara M ^a   Inoue, Megumi ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyadic couple data; Families in middle and later life; Health; Multilevel models; Relationship satisfaction; U.S. families

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878008341     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12030     Document Type: Article

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