Racial Differences in Attitudes toward Euthanasia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13629008 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jason Adam Wasserman (0000-0002-1891-1350, University of Alabama at Birmingham, corresponding author), Jason Wasserman (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Jeffrey Michael Clair (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Ferris J Ritchey (University of Alabama at Birmingham) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 263-287 |
| Publication date | 2006-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/d3p0-2yy1-7e3a-0mqh |
| OpenAlex | W2067146112 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 21 |
This article examines racial differences in attitudes toward euthanasia. Many researchers assert distrust of medicine as a substantive explanation for less favorable attitudes toward euthanasia among African Americans, although quantitative measurement has been unsuccessful in showing this. In this article, spiritual meaning, perceived capacity for discrimination (distrust), individual experiences with physicians, and access to healthcare are hypothesized as intervening variables in the relationship between race and attitudes toward euthanasia. With a distinction between individual and collective experiences with discrimination we use path analysis to test previous assertions that African American distrust of medicine leads to more negative attitudes toward euthanasia. Results indicate that while African Americans exhibit higher levels of distrust of medicine, this is not related to attitudes toward euthanasia, which seem predominantly to be a spiritual matter. Our findings have implications for legislative policy, treatment interventions, doctor-patient relations, and sociological understanding of the interaction of race, spirituality, experience, and attitudes
Alternative medicine · Distrust · Meaning (existential · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychotherapist · Race (biology · Sociology · Spirituality · Ethics in medical practice · Gender Studies · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2022 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |