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Assessing the Determinants of the Wish to Die among the Elderly Population in Ghana.

Sally Sonia SimmonsValeria MaioloBright Opoku AhinkorahJohn Elvis HaganAbdul-Aziz SeiduThomas Schack
Published in: Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
In view of the relationship between socio-demographic (i.e., age, sex, education and employment), hopelessness, anthropometric (body mass index), other health factors and the wish to die among the elderly in Ghana, specific biopsychosocial health promotion programmes, including timely identification of persons at risk, for appropriate intervention (e.g., psychotherapy, interpersonal support, alcohol-tobacco cessation therapy, clinical help) to promote their wish for a longer life is needed.
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