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| Views of elderly people concerning end-of-life decisions | | Author(s) | Victor G Cicirelli |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 17, no 2, June 1998 |
| Pages | pp 186-203 |
| Keywords | Dying ; Terminal care ; Medical care ; Euthanasia ; Attitude ; White people ; Black people ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The aim of this study was to examine older people's views regarding the acceptability of seven end-of-life decision options; existing research provides only partial information. A sample of 447 black and white older Americans, aged between 60 and 100 years responded to 17 decision situations depicting conditions with a low quality of life, rating acceptability of each decision option. Mean percentage (over 17 decision situations) of participants finding each decision option acceptable were: striving to live, 52%; refusing or withdrawing treatment, 47%; letting someone close decide, 36%; suicide, 7%; assisted suicide, 12%; voluntary euthanasia, 12%; and allowing the physician to decide to end life, 19%. Views were related to age, ethnicity, education, occupation, and religious affiliation using MANOVA analyses. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980703404 A |
| Classmark | CX: LV: LK: CY: DP: TKA: TKE: 7T |
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