A comparative study on permissiveness toward euthanasia: Religiosity, slippery slope, autonomy, and death with dignity

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-139

  Verbakel, Ellen ^a   Jaspers, Eva ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77949306268     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfp074     Document Type: Article

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