title: Life closure with the Roy adaptation model.
abstract: The author of this paper examines the initial conceptualization of death and dying theory within the context of the Roy adaptation model (RAM) and compares it with current knowledge development. An evolved RAM with its philosophic assumptions provides a framework by which to add existential components of spirituality, life meaning, and purposeful existence that were absent in the original work on death and dying.
authors.affiliation: Professor and Graduate Coordinator, University of Washington Tacoma.
authors.forename: Marjorie C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dobratz
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001293:Attitude to Death; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological
keywords: Roy adaptation model; death and dying; life closure