Defining a Good Death (Successful Dying): Literature Review and a Call for Research and Public Dialogue

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 261-271

  Meier, Emily A ^a,b,c   Gallegos, Jarred V ^a,b,c   Montross Thomas, Lori P ^a,b,c,d   Depp, Colin A ^a,b   Irwin, Scott A ^a,c   Jeste, Dilip V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b San Diego   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; caregivers; good death; hospice; palliative care; successful dying

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; DYING; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; PATIENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; WELLBEING; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HUMANS;

EID: 84964290905     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2016.01.135     Document Type: Article

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