Still ready to give up on life? A longitudinal phenomenological study into wishes to die among older adults

Els van Wijngaarden, Michal Merzel, Vera van den Berg, Margot Zomers, Iris Hartog and Carlo Leget

Social Science & Medicine, 2021, vol. 284, issue C

Abstract: There is a paucity of empirical studies exploring wishes to die (WTD) in older adults without a life-threatening disease or psychiatric disorder, especially on how these WTD evolve over time.

Keywords: Phenomenological analysis; Lived experience; Death wishes (WTD); (Rational) suicide; Self-chosen death; Ambivalence; Old age; The Netherlands (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114180

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