Death attitudes and the older adult : theories, concepts, and applications /: theories, concepts, and applications. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Adrian Tomer.
• Other Names: Tomer, Adrian
• Contents: Attitudes about life and death: toward a comprehensive model of death anxiety / Adrian Tomer and Grafton Eliason -- Meaning of life and meaning of death in successful aging / Paul T.P. Wong -- Transcend the self: a terror management perspective on successful aging / Shannon K. McCoy, Tom Pyszczynski, Sheldon Solomon, and Jeff Greenberg -- Microsuicide and the elderly: a basic defense against death anxiety / Robert W. Firestone -- Death-related attitudes: conceptual distinctions / Adrian Tomer -- Correlates of death anxiety in older adults: a comprehensive review / Barry V. Fortner, Robert A. Neimeyer, and Bruce Rybarczyk -- The structure of the revised death anxiety scale in young and old adults / Adrian Tomer, Grafton Eliason, and Jason Smith -- Death anxiety in younger and older adults / James A. Thorson and F.C. Powell -- Beliefs about self, life, and death: testing aspects of a comprehensive model of death anxiety and death attitudes / Adrian Tomer and Grafton Eliason -- Ageism and elderly suicide: the intimate connection / Nancy J. Osgood -- Older adults' ethnicity, fear of death, and end-of-life decisions / Victor G. Cicirelli -- Israeli nurses' attitudes toward end of life of middle-aged and old terminally ill patients / Sara Carmel and Hanna Ziedenberg -- Death anxiety in nursing home personnel as a function of race / Steven J. DePaola, Mike Prewett, and Rachel L. Hawkins -- Hospice care and the older person / Stephen R. Connor -- Spirituality and counseling of the older adult / Grafton Eliason -- Death attitudes and aging in the 21st century / Robert Kastenbaum -- Death attitudes and the older adult: closing thoughts and open questions / Adrian Tomer.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (294 pages)
• Subjects: 155.9/37/0846; Older people -- Psychology; Death -- Psychological aspects; Aged; Attitude to Death; Aging -- psychology; Personnes âgées -- Psychologie; Mort -- Aspect psychologique; Death -- Psychological aspects; Older people -- Psychology; Ouderen; Dood; Rouw; Sterven; Tod; Einstellung; Alter; Aufsatzsammlung
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317714651; 1317714652
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.