@article{ref1,
title="Cognitive attributions, depressive symptoms and hopelessness as predictors of perceived desirability of physician-assisted suicide in Alzheimer's caregivers",
journal="American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias",
year="1999",
author="Roscoe, L.A. and Cohen, D.",
volume="14",
number="3",
pages="165-171",
abstract="This study compared attitudes towards physicianassisted suicide in two groups of older persons, 57-caregivers of relatives with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and 46-non-caregivers. A series of two-way ANOVAs by caregiver status and level of depressive symptoms compared hopelessness scores, attribution styles, and beliefs about physician-assisted suicide. Two attributional style scales were significantly associated with depressive symptoms. Subjects who felt less in control of the stresses in their lives reported more depressive symptoms (F = 10.16, p =.002). Subjects who felt that the factors causing stress were unchangeable also reported significantly more depressive symptoms (F = 5.41, p =.022). Over twothirds of both groups believed assisted suicide was a rational decision in some circumstances, but 40 percent of caregivers and only 24 percent of non-caregivers believed physicians should assist patients in committing suicide. © 1999, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1533-3175",
doi="10.1177/153331759901400306",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/153331759901400306"
}