Attitudes of health care professionals, relatives of advanced cancer patients and public towards euthanasia and physician assisted suicide

Parpa, Efi; Mystakidou, Kyriaki; Tsilika, Eleni; Sakkas, Pavlos; Patiraki, Elisabeth; Pistevou-Gombaki, Kyriaki; Govina, Ourania; Panagiotou, Irene; Galanos, Antonis; Γουλιάμος, Αθανάσιος

doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.04.008

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“…As a consequence, the issue of suicide is perceived as a taboo and warning signals of suicide is neglected. There appears to be inadequate awareness about suicide among health care professionals and healthcare professionals students (8,9). This may prevent them to seek care or provide adequate care to a suicidal person.…”

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“…This may prevent them to seek care or provide adequate care to a suicidal person. Health care professionals often feel incompetent to deal with suicidality and have a positive attitude towards euthanasia (8,9). In general population, less exposure to suicide, older age, male gender, less education, and culturally diverse backgrounds were associated with poor knowledge; while younger age, male gender, and culturally diverse backgrounds were associated with more stigmatizing attitudes toward people who die by suicide (10).…”

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Suicide and depression literacy among health professions students in tertiary care centre in South India.

Ram¹,

Chandran²,

H³

2017

JMOOD

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Objective: To determine the suicide and depression literacy among healthcare professional students. Methods:Three hundred thirty nine healthcare professional students were assessed with socio-demographic and clinical proforma, depression literacy scale, and suicide literacy scale. Results Conclusion:Depression and suicide literacy is poor among healthcare professional students, particularly paramedical students. Suicide literacy was positively associated with depression literacy. There is a need to sensitize these students about depression and suicide.

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Suicide and depression literacy among health professions students in tertiary care centre in South India.

Ram¹,

Chandran²,

H³

2017

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“…Secondly, euthanasia and physician assisted suicide are the other types of killing that are considered as "justified" and have been legalized in some countries and few states of the United State, (10)(11)(12)(13). Euthanasia can broadly be classified into active and passive categories.…”

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“…Euthanasia can broadly be classified into active and passive categories. The former refers to the direct administration of a lethal agent to the patient with a merciful intent, which itself could be voluntary or involuntary, and the latter refers to withholding supportive medical interventions that are used to lengthen patient's life (11,14).…”

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How Gender, Majors, Religion and Mental Health Affect the Justified Death Attitude?

Zandian

Habibi

Seydi

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Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci

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Background: Death penalty and euthanasia are disputed practices in the world. However, they are considered "justified" by their proponents. We newly developed a scale for assessment of the attitude toward justified death, which determines "hot cognition" using a number of scenarios. Objectives: This study aimed at assessing the effects of the major demographic items including gender, major, religion, and mental health on the justified death attitude. Methods: A total of 481 participants including 419 university students and 62 seminarians participated in the study in Tehran, Iran. The Persian versions of the justified death attitude scale and the general health questionnaire-12 were used for data collection. Data were analyzed using the multivariate analysis of variance. Results: Capital punishment was suggested more frequently for rape and drug trafficking and less frequently for murder, and infrequently for adultery. Men and religious subjects showed a more positive attitude toward execution. Furthermore, most of the subjects did not agree with euthanasia; surprisingly, active euthanasia was more acceptable than passive euthanasia. Finally, death penalty and euthanasia did not show an association with mental health. Conclusions: Individual characteristics like gender, major, and religiosity could significantly affect the attitude of people toward justified death. Further studies including neuropsychological methods are suggested.

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“…Conversely, a lower rate of requests for euthanasia, 2.1%, was reported in palliative units in France [12]. In a Greek survey, only 40% of physicians and relatives will agree not to resuscitate terminally ill cancer patients in cases of cardiorespiratory arrest and only 20% of the physicians agree with euthanasia [13]. As we observe with Belgian statistics, societal or cultural aspects can impact end-of-life perceptions of patients or physicians.…”

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Euthanasia: from ethical debate to clinical reality

Berghmans

Lossignol

2012

Eur Respir J

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Attitudes of health care professionals, relatives of advanced cancer patients and public towards euthanasia and physician assisted suicide

Cited by 40 publications

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Suicide and depression literacy among health professions students in tertiary care centre in South India.

Suicide and depression literacy among health professions students in tertiary care centre in South India.

How Gender, Majors, Religion and Mental Health Affect the Justified Death Attitude?

Euthanasia: from ethical debate to clinical reality

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