title: Attitudes toward autopsy refusal by young adults.
abstract: A survey of 158 18- to 24-yr. old college and 119 noncollege adults indicated that the latter were more reluctant to approve autopsies for spouses, children and distant relatives. Nonstudents also expressed more objections to autopsies than did students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Auburn University, AL 36849-5209.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wilke
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: French
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001344:Autopsy / Q000191:economics; D003363:Cost Control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000523:psychology*