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Old and Depressed? What We Think About Ending Their Suffering—Attitudes Toward Euthanasia for Elderly Suffering From Physical Versus Mental Illness
OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying ( IF 2.602 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-22 , DOI: 10.1177/0030222820961241
Shir Moshe 1 , Avital Gershfeld-Litvin 1
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This study aims to extend our knowledge regarding attitudes toward euthanasia. Specifically, the effect of patient's age and illness type. 123 participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 groups completed the Assessing Right to Die Attitudes (ARDA) questionnaire after reading a patients age (79 vs. 29 year old) and illness type (cancer vs. depression) description. Findings revealed more positive attitudes toward euthanasia when the patient was physically ill, as opposed to mentally ill. Participants' attitude towards euthanasia was more positive when the patient was elderly. Illness type as a function of the patient's age did not significantly influence attitudes towards euthanasia. The results of the current study reinforce the individual influence of illness type and of patient age on attitudes toward euthanasia, and suggest additional avenues for further research regarding their combined influence.

中文翻译:

老而沮丧?我们对结束痛苦的思考—对安乐死的老年人身体和精神疾病的态度

这项研究旨在扩展我们对安乐死态度的认识。具体来说,是患者年龄和疾病类型的影响。在阅读了患者年龄(79岁对29岁)和疾病类型(癌症对抑郁)的描述后,将123名参与者随机分配到4组中的1组中,完成了对死亡态度的评估(ARDA)问卷。研究结果显示,当患者身体不适而不是精神疾病时,他们对安乐死的态度更为积极。老年患者的参与者对安乐死的态度更为积极。疾病类型与患者年龄的关系并没有显着影响对安乐死的态度。目前的研究结果加强了疾病类型和患者年龄对安乐死态度的个体影响,
更新日期:2020-09-22
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