Deathless models of aging and the importance of acknowledging the dying process

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 185, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 751-752

  Cosco, Theodore D ^a   Stephan, Blossom C M ^b   Brayne, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; DYING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84878862605     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.121720     Document Type: Note

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