"Granny dumping": Acceptability of sacrificing the elderly in a simulated moral dilemma

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 254-262

  Kawai, Nobuyuki ^a   Kubo, Kenta ^b   Kubo Kawai, Namiko ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c AICHI SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; Granny dumping; Moral judgment; Stereotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903769761     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: 14685884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpr.12049     Document Type: Article

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