Physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia and palliative sedation: attitudes and knowledge of medical students

Anneser, Johanna; Jox, Ralf J.; Thurn, Tamara; Borasio, Gian Domenico

doi:10.3205/zma001010

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“…Anneser et al reported that German medical students go through distress frequently in end-of-life care. 9 This finding is in line with our results from Table 4 that show the fact the majority of students claim to be unsure about most of the domains related to palliative care. However, among our findings in Table 3 , which evaluated self-reported confidence of students, most students reported to be confident, which is an alarming sign shedding light on a false perception the students have toward their levels of confidence.…”

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Evaluation of Medical Students’ Knowledge on Palliative Care: A Single Institution Cross-sectional Study

Mosalli¹,

Mousa²,

Alshanberi³

et al. 2022

AMEP

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Background Palliative care is the branch of medicine which has a target of setting focus on the improvement of the quality of life of patients, particularly toward their end of life, such as cases of terminal diseases with low prognosis. Despite growing recognition of the importance of palliative care, a gap remains in medical education. Our study aims to evaluate the current level of knowledge of medical students in regard to palliative care. Methods A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, through a period of three months from December 2021 to March 2022. Results A total of 254 students participated in our study. Psychosocial and spiritual needs of the patient alongside definition of palliative care were perceived the most important by the students with a mean score of 3.9 each. Conclusion Our study concludes that there is an overall lack of confidence among medical students in providing palliative care. We recommend further enhancement and implementation of palliative care as part of undergraduate mandatory courses.

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Evaluation of Medical Students’ Knowledge on Palliative Care: A Single Institution Cross-sectional Study

Mosalli¹,

Mousa²,

Alshanberi³

et al. 2022

AMEP

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“…From the results, about 58% of medical students did not support euthanasia in this study. This is a similar observation to other jurisdictions with negative attitudes towards euthanasia, shown at 52% in Poland (Positive attitude: 12%; Not sure: 37%) [29], 52% in Switzerland (Positive attitude: 34%; Not sure: 13%) [18], 57% in Germany (Positive attitude: 19.2%; Not sure: 21.8%) [30], 61% of medical students in Malaysia (Positive attitude: 39%) [26], and 76% in Norway (Positive attitude: 24%) [31]. Although a few countries such as India (Negative attitude: 40%; Positive attitude: 60%) [32] showed opposite results to this study, most of the medical students in other countries showed as negative attitudes towards euthanasia as shown by medical students in Hong Kong.…”

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confidence: 88%

Attitude towards Euthanasia among Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hong Kong

Lau

Wong

2022

IJERPH

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Background: With an increasing aging population and heavy medical burden, euthanasia has become a controversial topic in Hong Kong (HK) in recent years. Medical students are future medical professionals who may face novel and evolving ethical dilemmas. Hence, their views on euthanasia are crucial. Objective: To examine the attitudes of medical students towards euthanasia in HK and identify the factors associated with their attitude towards euthanasia. Methods: A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study among medical students in HK was conducted. The online anonymous questionnaires were distributed to all six years of students studying medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the University of Hong Kong (HKU), who provide medical training in HK. Attitude towards Euthanasia (ATE), measured using a five-point Likert Scale, was used to assess medical students’ attitudes towards euthanasia. Results: overall, 228 valid responses were received in 2021. The mean score of ATE was 29 (SD10.9), in which 134 (58.8%) of respondents showed a negative attitude towards euthanasia. Negative association was found between Christian (p-value = 0.003) and Catholic (p-value = 0.032) and the ATE score. Meanwhile, positive association was found between male gender (p-value = 0.011) and witnessed withdrawing of nutritional support from patient(s) (p-value = 0.011) and the ATE score. Conclusions: It is necessary for the government and schools to place more emphasis on euthanasia in the school curriculum by integrating ethical discussions and clinical attachment.

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“…The questionnaire, which was prepared by the researcher following a review of the literature, consisted of three parts comprising 11 questions. 6 , 14 – 18 …”

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Medical faculty students views on euthanasia: does it change with medical education?

Akbayram¹

2021

Anadolu Psikiyatri Derg

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Objective Euthanasia is the decision to terminate the lives of patients who do not improve with medical treatment at their explicit request. This study was carried out to determine the opinions of medical students regarding euthanasia and to evaluate the effect of medical education on this issue. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted among first and sixth-year students of the Gaziantep University School of Medicine during the 2018–2019 academic years. Results Of the 242 students who participated in the study, 54.1% (131) were first-year and 45.9% (111) were sixth-year students. Overall, 39.7% of the first-year students and 31.5% of the sixth-year students supported active euthanasia. The percentage of students who were against passive euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) was 63.4% and 53.4% for first-year students and 49.5% and 54.1% for sixth-year students, respectively. Conclusion Approximately half of the first and the sixth-year students were opposed to active euthanasia, passive euthanasia, and PAS, and there was no significant difference between these two groups of students in their being against euthanasia. However, there were significant differences between these two groups with respect to their reasons against euthanasia.

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Physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia and palliative sedation: attitudes and knowledge of medical students

Cited by 25 publications

References 15 publications

Evaluation of Medical Students’ Knowledge on Palliative Care: A Single Institution Cross-sectional Study

Evaluation of Medical Students’ Knowledge on Palliative Care: A Single Institution Cross-sectional Study

Attitude towards Euthanasia among Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hong Kong

Medical faculty students views on euthanasia: does it change with medical education?

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