Students' attitudes toward euthanasia and abortion: a cross-cultural study in three Mediterranean countries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Abortion and euthanasia are still one of the greatest bioethical challenges. Previous studies have shown that there are differences in attitudes towards these issues depending on socio-demographic characteristics and socio-cultural environment (country of residence). As part of the scientific research project EuroBioMed, we compared the attitudes of students from three Mediterranean countries towards abortion and euthanasia and examined them from the perspective of Mediterranean bioethics.

Methods

A pen-to-paper survey was conducted on a convenient sample of students (N = 1097) from five universities and four fields of study (Medicine, Law, Theology and Philosophy) in Croatia, Greece and Italy to investigate their attitudes towards abortion and euthanasia. Three

SUBMITTER: Tutic Groksa I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11756114 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature