A study of the dying process in elderly hospitalized males

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• Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School; Chief, Chaplain Service, White River Junction Veterans Administration Hospital.
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• Project Coordinator, Quality of Death Study, Nurse Researcher, Dartmouth Medical School.
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