title: Causal influences of psychological adaptation in dying.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dobratz
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005260:Female; D006738:Hospices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009742:Nursing Theory; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*