Pain Denial and Ministry to the Elderly
“The role of religion in responding to pain and to dying is … a neglected area of research. The myth that the elderly are more religious because they are facing death continues to be a popular assumption in the gerontological literature. … [However,] no one has suggested it is related to chronic pai...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1981
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Theology today
Year: 1981, Volume: 38, Issue: 1, Pages: 30-36 |
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| Summary: | “The role of religion in responding to pain and to dying is … a neglected area of research. The myth that the elderly are more religious because they are facing death continues to be a popular assumption in the gerontological literature. … [However,] no one has suggested it is related to chronic pain.” |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057368103800104 |