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Medical Faculty Students’ Views on Euthanasia: Does It Change With Medical Education?

Hatice Tuba AKBAYRAM
Pages
113–117
Publication Date
2022-10-12
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Overall, 39.7% of the first-year students and31.5% of the sixth-year students supported active euthanasia.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: Euthanasia is the decision to terminate the lives of patients who do not improvewith medical treatment at their explicit request.
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Key Findings & Data:This study was carried out to determinethe opinions of medical students regarding euthanasia and to evaluate the effect ofmedical education on this issue.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among first and sixth-year students ofthe 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-yearand 45.9% (111) were sixth-year students.
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Conclusion & Impact:Overall, 39.7% of the first-year students and31.5% of the sixth-year students supported active euthanasia.
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📍Scope:2018-2019 Verileri
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Objective: Euthanasia is the decision to terminate the lives of patients who do not improvewith medical treatment at their explicit request. This study was carried out to determinethe opinions of medical students regarding euthanasia and to evaluate the effect ofmedical education on this issue.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among first and sixth-year students ofthe 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-yearand 45.9% (111) were sixth-year students. Overall, 39.7% of the first-year students and31.5% of the sixth-year students supported active euthanasia. The percentage of studentswho were against passive euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) was 63.4% and53.4% 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 toactive euthanasia, passive euthanasia, and PAS, and there was no significant differencebetween these two groups of students in their being against euthanasia. However, therewere significant differences between these two groups with respect to their reasonsagainst euthanasia.

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AKBAYRAM, H. T. (2022). Medical Faculty Students’ Views on Euthanasia: Does It Change With Medical Education?. Alpha psychiatry (Online), Cilt: 22 - Sayı: 2, 113–117. https://ajindex.com/articles/435240

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