Attitude Toward Euthanasia Scale: Psychometric Properties and Relations With Religious Orientation, Personality, and Life Satisfaction

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 781-785

  Aghababaei, Naser ^a   Wasserman, Jason Adam ^b  

^a ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

attitude toward euthanasia scale; end of life decisions; individual differences; personality; religiosity

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIGION; SATISFACTION;

EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMANS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RELIGION;

EID: 84883390447     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909112472721     Document Type: Article

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