How Family Members Respond to Residents' Wish to Die

Living and dying are inextricably associated in nursing homes. It is not unusual for old nursing home residents to express a wish to die. This article examines interwoven patterns of family responses to resident's wish to die. As part of a multi-site ethnographic study of bereavement in long-te...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Omega: Journal of Death and Dying 2005-01, Vol.51 (4), p.301-321
Hauptverfasser:	Moss, Sidney Z., Moss, Miriam S., Black, Helen K., Rubinstein, Robert L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acceptance Avoidance Death & dying Death Attitudes Families & family life Family Relations Family support Nursing Homes Qualitative research Wish to die
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