Do Socioeconomic Factors Influence Knowledge, Attitudes, and Representations of End-of-Life Practices? A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: ObjectiveAccess to palliative and end-of-life (EOL) care might be influenced by knowledge, attitudes, and representations of these practices. Socioeconomic factors might then affect what people know about EOL care practices, and how they perceive them. This study aims to compare knowledge, attitudes, and representations regarding EOL practices including assisted suicide, medical assistance in dying, and continuous palliative sedation of adults, according to socioeconomic variables.MethodsA cross-sectional community-based questionnaire study featuring two evolving vignettes and five end-of-life practices was conducted in Quebec, Canada. Three sample subgroups were created according to the participants' perceived financial situation and three according to educational attainment. Descriptive

SUBMITTER: Berube A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11967092 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature