My parent's dignified death is different from mine: Moral problem solving about euthanasia

The purpose of the study was to explore the moral problem solving of Israel i adult children concerning passive euthanasia when considering the death o f any citizen in society, one's own death, a partner's death, and the impen ding death of an elderly ill parent. The qualitative analysis of 12 in-dept h interview transcripts by analytic induction and constant comparison metho ds revealed how adults think about moral problems that are of differing dis tances from the self. A parents' death, compared with other deaths, elicite d strong emotional reactions and was associated with reasoning struggles th at involved a wide range of role perspectives; a moral orientation of care; and value priorities of honor through loyalty, compassion and devotion.