Medical students' and residents' views on euthanasia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Doctors are increasingly faced with end-of-life decisions. Little is known about how medical students approach euthanasia. The objective of this study was to evaluate, among medical students and residents, the view on euthanasia and its variants; correlate such a view with empathy and religiosity/spiritualism; and with the stages of medical training in Brazil.

Methods

This is an exploratory cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire to be filled out on a voluntary basis among medical students and residents, consisting of: socio-demographic data, an empathy questionnaire and questions with elaborate clinical cases that typify situations of the variants of euthanasia.

Results

From 1550 invitations, 273 volunteer participants responded (17.6%). The pe

SUBMITTER: Dedivitis RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10704653 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature