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| Relationship of psychosocial and background variables to older adults' end-of-life decisions | | Author(s) | Victor G Cicirelli |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 12, no 1, March 1997 |
| Pages | pp 72-83 |
| Keywords | Death ; Dying ; Mental health [elderly] ; Quality of life ; Suicide ; Euthanasia ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This research aimed to determine acceptability of a full range of end-of-life decision options, and to identify related variables. 388 Black and White older adults aged 60-100 responded to 17 decision situations depicting terminal and non-terminal conditions with a very low quality of life, rating the acceptability of 7 end-of-life options per decision situation, and completed demographic, health, and psychosocial measures. Despite low quality of life, maintaining life (striving to live, and seeking treatment) was the most acceptable option, but a significant minority of participants wished to end life (suicide, assisted suicide, or euthanasia). Some wished to leave the decision to others. In hierarchical regressions, psychosocial variables (religiosity, values, fear of death, etc.) contributed significantly (p<.05) to decisions beyond the effects of demographic and health variables. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971120238 A |
| Classmark | CW: CX: D: F:59: EV: CY: 3F: 7T |
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