Development and validation of an instrument to measure physician awareness of bioethics and medical law in Oman.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A different ethos with respect to the perception of medical ethics prevails in societies in transition such as those in the Arabian Peninsula, which makes it difficult to apply international principles of bioethics in medical practice. This study aimed to develop and psychometrically test an instrument that measures physicians' awareness of bioethics and medical law and their attitudes towards the practice of medical ethics. Additionally, it examined physician correlates influencing the awareness of bioethics.

Methods

Following a rigorous review of relevant literature by a panel of experts, a 13-item instrument, the Omani physicians' bioethics and medical law awareness (OBMLA) questionnaire was developed with the aim of assessing physicians' awareness of bioethics

SUBMITTER: Al-Busaidi AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8140473 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature