European public acceptance of euthanasia: Socio-demographic and cultural factors associated with the acceptance of euthanasia in 33 European countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 743-756

  Cohen, Joachim ^a   Marcoux, Isabelle ^b,c   Bilsen, Johan ^a,d   Deboosere, Patrick ^a   van der Wal, Gerrit ^c   Deliens, Luc ^a,c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attitudes of general public; Cross national research; Empirical study; Europe; European values; Euthanasia

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN RIGHTS; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; EUROPE; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MALTA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RELIGION; ROMANIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EUROPE; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; MALTA; NETHERLANDS; NORTHERN EUROPE; ROMANIA; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SWEDEN; TURKEY; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33744910568     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.01.026     Document Type: Article

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