When is a person dead? The Canadian public's understanding of death and death determination: a nationwide survey.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We aimed to describe the Canadian public's understanding and perception of how death is determined in Canada, their level of interest in learning about death and death determination, and their preferred strategies for informing the public.

Methods

We conducted a nationwide cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of the Canadian public. The survey presented two scenarios of a man who met current criteria for neurologic death determination (scenario 1) and a man who met current criteria for circulatory death determination (scenario 2). Survey questions evaluated understanding of how death is determined, acceptance of death determination by neurologic and circulatory criteria, and interest and preferred strategies in learning more about the topic.

Results</

SUBMITTER: Sarti AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10202975 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature