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| Euthanasia: why people want to die earlier | | Author(s) | Clive Seale, Julia Addington-Hall |
| Journal title | Social Science and Medicine, vol 39, no 5, 1994 |
| Pages | pp 647-654 |
| Keywords | Euthanasia ; Death ; Social surveys ; England. |
| Annotation | Results from two surveys in England in 1990 and 1987 of relatives and others who knew people in samples drawn from death certificates are reported. The incidence of people saying they wanted to die sooner, and of requests for euthanasia are reported. About a quarter of both respondents and those who had died had expressed the view that an earlier death would have been preferable. 3.6% of those in the 1990 study had asked for euthanasia at some point in the last year of life. The extent to which such views were determined by the experience of pain, other distressing symptoms, dependency, and social and cultural factors such as religious belief and social class is explored. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010227229 A |
| Classmark | CY: CW: 3F: 82 * |
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