Religion and trends in euthanasia attitudes among U.S. adults, 1977-2004

Sociological Forum

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 249-272

  Moulton, Benjamin E ^a   Hill, Terrence D ^b   Burdette, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Denomination; Euthanasia; Polarization; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748860092     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11206-006-9015-5     Document Type: Review

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