Cross-cultural research on euthanasia and abortion

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-148

  Lee, Yueh Ting ^a,e   Kleinbach, Russ ^b,f   Hu, Pei Cheng ^c   Peng, Zu Zhi ^d   Chen, Xiang Yang ^d  

^a WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDUCED ABORTION; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SCHOOL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; PUBLIC OPINION; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TERMINALLY ILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0000486988     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1996.tb01572.x     Document Type: Article

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