Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ267999
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982
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Reactions toward the Dying: The Effects of a Patient's Illness and Respondents' Beliefs in a Just World.
Sherman, Martin F.; And Others
Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, v13 n2 p173-89 1982-83
Investigated respondents' (N=162) feelings about and willingness to volunteer to help a dying cancer patient versus a patient with cancer in remission or one portrayed as having a broken leg. Respondents exhibited less positive affect toward the cancer patient than toward patients in the other conditions. (Author)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Cancer, College Students, Death, Emotional Response, Empathy, Higher Education, Negative Attitudes, Physical Disabilities
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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