The Attitudes of Socially Marginalized Men toward Physician-Assisted Suicide.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Parks, Louisa A.; Zelman, Diane C.; Wanlass, Richard L.
- Source
- Omega: Journal of Death & Dying; 2010/2011, Vol. 62 Issue 2, p111-125, 15p
- Subject
- Assisted suicide
Euthanasia & religion
Men's attitudes
Attitudes of people with drug addiction
Attitude (Psychology)
Suicide
- Language
- ISSN
- 00302228
A study examined the attitudes of socially marginalized populations toward physician-assisted suicide (PAS). Data were gathered from a sample of men in a substance abuse recovery program who completed a religiosity measure and a PAS attitude questionnaire. Findings revealed that support for PAS was fairly evenly split, with 52.2 percent of respondents showing general opposition to PAS and 46.9 percent reporting general support. Findings indicated that greater religiosity was associated with more negative attitudes toward PAS, and higher educational level was related to more acceptance. Findings demonstrated that overall attitudes toward PAS were significantly more negative than those documented in George Domino's 2003 research involving a general population sample.