Assessing right to die attitudes: A conceptually guided measurement model

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 63-84

  Rogers, James R ^a  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGHT TO DIE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIGHT TO DIE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0001840502     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1996.tb01568.x     Document Type: Article

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