The Experience of Death Anxiety in Iranian War Veterans: A Phenomenology Study

Death Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 281-287

  Sharif Nia, Hamid ^a,b   Ebadi, Abbas ^a   Lehto, Rebecca H ^c   Peyrovi, Hamid ^d  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Janbazan Engineering and Medical Sciences Research Institute   (Iran)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; FEAR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IRAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; THERAPY; VETERAN; VIOLENCE; WAR;

AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEAR; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; IRAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VETERANS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 84928213144     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2014.991956     Document Type: Article

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