End-of-life preferences in Afro-Caribbean older adults: A systematic literature review

Omega (United States)

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 271-282

  Moss, Karen O ^a   Williams, Ishan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARIBBEAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARIBBEAN REGION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922322536     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.69.3.c     Document Type: Review

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