The View of Religions Toward Euthanasia and Extraordinary Treatments in Japan
388 Japanese religious groups143 Shinto, 157 Buddhist, 58 Christian and 30 otherswere asked to answer questions regarding several forms of euthanasia and extraordinary treatment during the dying process. Passive euthanasia and indirect euthanasia were accepted by around 70% of the respondents. Act...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[2000]
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 2000, Volume: 39, Issue: 4, Pages: 339-354 |
| Further subjects: | B
Buddhism
B Japan B extraordinary treatment B Shinto B Religion B Euthanasia |
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| Summary: | 388 Japanese religious groups143 Shinto, 157 Buddhist, 58 Christian and 30 otherswere asked to answer questions regarding several forms of euthanasia and extraordinary treatment during the dying process. Passive euthanasia and indirect euthanasia were accepted by around 70% of the respondents. Active euthanasia was favored by less than 20% of them. Christians were less supportive of euthanasia than practitioners of other religions. Shinto and Buddhist corporations advocated "being natural," when medical treatment became futile at the terminal stage. Religionists' views may deepen the discussion of end-of-life issues. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/A:1010361019006 |