Open AccessThe quality of life in the year before death.
Author(s) -
Harold R. Lentzner,
Elsie R. Pamuk,
E P Rhodenhiser,
Richard Rothenberg,
Eve PowellGriner
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.82.8.1093
Subject(s) - environmental health , medicine , quality (philosophy) , demography , gerontology , sociology , epistemology , philosophy
Most Americans wish to live a long healthy life, but fear disease and dependency in their last years. Until recently, little has been known about the prevalence of opposite extremes of health in old age, particularly in the period leading up to death.
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