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Support for physician-assisted suicide — exploring the impact of ethnicity and attitudes toward planning for death
Author(s)	Kathryn L Braun, Virginia M Tanji, Ronald Heck
Journal title	The Gerontologist, vol 41, no 1, February 2001
Pages	pp 51-62
Keywords	Death ; Attitude ; Euthanasia ; Medical workers ; Ethnic groups ; Religion ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Adults were interviewed from five ethnic groups. Factor analysis was used to quantify attitudes toward planning for death. Path analysis was used to test the relative influence of respondent characteristics including ethnicity and the following factors regarding attitudes supporting physician-assisted suicide (PAS): advocacy to discuss/document wishes; trust in family and physician to make decisions; reliance on religious guidance; fears and anxiety about life's end; and fatalism about death's timing. Findings verified that attitude factors had a direct effect on PAS support but that, contrary to the hypothesis, ethnicity also had a direct effect on support for PAS. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010622204 A
Classmark	CW: DP: CY: QT: TK: TR: 3F: 7T
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