Anticipation of nursing home placement may be a precipitant of suicide among the elderly.
Loebel
J P
JP
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
Loebel
J S
JS
Dager
S R
SR
Centerwall
B S
BS
Reay
D T
DT
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