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Toward an Understanding of Geriatric Relocation.
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Coffman, Thomas L. – Gerontologist, 1983
Debates the effect of relocation on elderly patients in a critique of an earlier study and a rebuttal by the original author. Questions whether patient mortality is related to the stress of moving or a simple function of age, health status, or choice. Additional evidence on relocation effects is needed. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attribution Theory, Death, Geriatrics
The Relocation Controversy: Criticism and Commentary on Five Recent Studies.
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Horowitz, Marvin J.; Schulz, Richard – Gerontologist, 1983
Reviews a set of five studies reevaluating the "myth of relocation trauma" and supporting a no effect conclusion. Fallacies and sources of unreliability are discussed and general issues of relocation research are raised. The second article is a response to the first and defends the assertions made. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Geriatrics, Gerontology, Literature Reviews