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| Contributing factors that influence the elderly in their attitudes toward euthanasia | | Author(s) | Maureen V Himchak |
| Journal title | Journal of Religious Gerontology, vol 10, no 2, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 29-46 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Center, The Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Euthanasia ; Attitude ; Life satisfaction ; Health [elderly] ; Educational status [elderly] ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Living patterns ; Variance analysis ; Correlation ; Cross sectional surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Using a cross-sectional survey, this US research study examines the ethical dilemma of euthanasia in a sample of 239 community-based older people, diverse in culture and religious affiliation, from two types of environment: 216 from 15 different community sites, and 113 housebound. The study uses data from empirical studies and population polls to explain the factors that influence attitudes toward euthanasia among older people: life satisfaction, health, education, religiosity, and living arrangements. These contributing factors are statistically measured at the p _ .05 level of significance by a variety of tests: ANOVA, correlation, and regression analysis. Findings using covariate analysis show the major contributing factors to be life satisfaction and religiosity, which have a strong impact on attitudes toward euthanasia among older people, whereas correlation and regression analyses indicate religiosity alone as the major contributing factor. Results of multiple regression analysis show that 11% of the variance is explained among all variables, and 6% of this variance is explained by the total religiosity variable, which has the most effect on attitudes to euthanasia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990126212 A |
| Classmark | CY: DP: F:5HH: CC: F:V: EX: K7: 3YA: 49: 3KB: 7T |
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