@article{ref1,
title="Indirect Life-Threatening Behavior in Elderly Patients",
journal="Journal of elder abuse and neglect",
year="2000",
author="Thibault, J.M. and O'Brien, J.G. and Turner, L.C.",
volume="11",
number="2",
pages="21-32",
abstract="Older adults frequently engage in such indirect life-threatening behaviors as extreme lack of self-care, refusal to eat, refusal to take medications, and failure to comply with an understood medical regimen. These behaviors are often classified as non-compliance or passive suicide. Analysis of such phenomena reveals that these actions can represent attempts by the person to gain control of and to ameliorate a negative life situation. A case is presented which demonstrates the ultimate outcome of engagement in such behavior when it is misinterpreted and left untreated. The functions of indirect life-threatening behavior are discussed. © 1999, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-6566",
doi="10.1300/J084v11n02_02",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J084v11n02_02"
}