Bandura A. (1986). The social foundation of thought and action: A social cognitive theory. Englewood Cliffs, NJ:Prentice Hall.
2.
Bortz W. (1990). The trajectory of dying—functional status in the last year of life. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 38, 146-150.
3.
Branch, L., Katz, S., & Kniepman, K. (1984). A prospective study of functional status among community elders. American Journal of Public Health, 74, 266-268.
4.
Callahan D. (1993). The troubled dream of life—in search of a peaceful death. New York: Simon and Schuster.
5.
Chamay, A., & Tschantz, P. (1972). Mechanical influences in bone remodeling—experimental research in Wolff's law. Journal of Biomechanics, 5, 173-180.
6.
Diamond M. (1967). Extensive cortical depth measurements and neuron size increase in the cortex of environmentally enriched rats. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 131, 357-369.
7.
Farrel, 108NJ335 (1987).
8.
Fiatarone, M., Marks, E., Ryan, N., & Evans, W. (1992). Strength training in nonagenarians. Journal of the American Medical Association,63, 3029-3034.
9.
Gibbons, G., & Dzau, V. (1994). The emerging concept of vascular remodeling. New England Journal of Medicine, 330, 1430-1438.
10.
James, W. (1897). The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy. New York: Longmans, Green, & Co.
11.
Lynn, J., Teno, J., Phillips, R., Wu, A., Deshiens, N., Harrold, J., Claessens, M., Wengen, N., Krieling, B., & Connors, A. (1997). Perceptions by family members of the dying experience of older and seriously ill patients. Annals of Internal Medicine , 126, 97-126.
12.
Manton, K., & Stallard. E. (1996). Longevity in the United States: Age and sex specific evidence on life-span limits four mortality patterns 1960-1990. Journal of Gerontology, 51a, b362-b375.
13.
Neitzche, F.W. (1959). Pragmatism. In V P. Frankel (Ed.), Man's search for meaning. New York: Simon and Schuster.
14.
Niehbur, R. (1934). The serenity prayer. Heath, MA: Congregational Church.
15.
Riley, M., Kahn, R., & Foner, A. (Eds.). (1994). Age and structural lag. New York: John Wiley.
16.
Sage, W., Hurst, C., Silverman, J., & Bortz, W. (1987). Intensive care for the elderly, outcomes of elective and non-elective admissions. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 35, 312-318.