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Title: Old and Depressed? What We Think About Ending Their Suffering—Attitudes Toward Euthanasia for Elderly Suffering From Physical Versus Mental Illness.
Authors: Moshe, Shir1, Gershfeld-Litvin, Avital1 avitalgr@mta.ac.il
Source: Omega: Journal of Death & Dying. Sep2022, Vol. 85 Issue 4, p1026-1041. 16p. 2 Charts.
Subject Terms: *Chronic diseases, *Mental depression, Terminally ill, Critically ill, Age distribution, Patients, Right to die, Patients' attitudes, Severity of illness index, Euthanasia, Questionnaires, Suffering, Statistical sampling, Tumors, Mental illness, Old age
Abstract: This study aims to extend our knowledge regarding attitudes toward euthanasia. Specifically, the effect of patient's age and illness type. 123 participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 groups completed the Assessing Right to Die Attitudes (ARDA) questionnaire after reading a patients age (79 vs. 29 year old) and illness type (cancer vs. depression) description. Findings revealed more positive attitudes toward euthanasia when the patient was physically ill, as opposed to mentally ill. Participants' attitude towards euthanasia was more positive when the patient was elderly. Illness type as a function of the patient's age did not significantly influence attitudes towards euthanasia. The results of the current study reinforce the individual influence of illness type and of patient age on attitudes toward euthanasia, and suggest additional avenues for further research regarding their combined influence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: This study aims to extend our knowledge regarding attitudes toward euthanasia. Specifically, the effect of patient's age and illness type. 123 participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 groups completed the Assessing Right to Die Attitudes (ARDA) questionnaire after reading a patients age (79 vs. 29 year old) and illness type (cancer vs. depression) description. Findings revealed more positive attitudes toward euthanasia when the patient was physically ill, as opposed to mentally ill. Participants' attitude towards euthanasia was more positive when the patient was elderly. Illness type as a function of the patient's age did not significantly influence attitudes towards euthanasia. The results of the current study reinforce the individual influence of illness type and of patient age on attitudes toward euthanasia, and suggest additional avenues for further research regarding their combined influence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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