Death Outlook and Social Issues

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13628700
AutoresHerman Feifel (Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic, Los Angeles, autor de correspondencia), Daniel Schag (Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic, Los Angeles)
Año1981
Volumen11
Número3
Páginas201-215
Fecha de publicación1981-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/r6bu-0hmq-arxm-pb81
OpenAlexW2139419520
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas11

The present study examined the hypothesis that there is a relationship between outlook on death and orientation toward mercy killing, abortion, suicide, and euthanasia. Multiple assessments of death outlook in addition to such variables as religious orientation, life values, self-acceptance, and ethnic background were used as predictors. Populations included alcoholics, drug addicts, prisoners, deputy sheriffs, and normal controls. Major findings indicated some relationships between death attitudes and perspectives on the social issues being considered; and emphasized the need to consider specific circumstances as well as abstract concept when dealing with social issues

Abortion · Assisted suicide · Criminology · Ethnic group · Orientation (vector space · Political science · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Religious orientation · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies