Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ374768
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1988
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Two Decades of Research on Dying: What Do We Know About the Patient?
Schultz, Richard; Schlarb, Janet
Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, v18 n4 p299-317 1987-88
Reviews literature on terminal patients and nature of their experiences during the time before their death by examining: (1) the number of persons each year who must confront their own death; (2) emotional responses of dying patients to their impending death; (3) interventions for the dying patient; and (4) areas for future research. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Coping, Death, Emotional Response, Incidence, Patients, Research and Development, Research Needs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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