Community Attitudes toward Physician Assisted Suicide.

The 12-item Domino scale was used to assess attitudes toward physician-assisted suicide (PAS) among a sample of 400 community adults. Findings revealed that the Domino scale was factorially homogenous and displayed considerable internal stability; no gender differences were detected, but significan...

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Publicado en:Omega: Journal of Death & Dying Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 199 - 215
Autor principal: Domino, George
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Baywood Publishing Company, Inc. 2002/2003
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Sumario:The 12-item Domino scale was used to assess attitudes toward physician-assisted suicide (PAS) among a sample of 400 community adults. Findings revealed that the Domino scale was factorially homogenous and displayed considerable internal stability; no gender differences were detected, but significant socioeconomic class differences were obtained with better educated, upper-class individuals more favorable in attitude than semi-skilled and unskilled poorly educated lower social class individuals; and the majority of subjects supported PAS, but this support was inversely related to age.