Attitudes of university hospital staff towards in-house assisted suicide.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate staff attitudes toward assisted suicide in the hospital setting in Switzerland.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Two University Hospitals in French speaking regions of Switzerland.

Participants

13'834 health care professionals, including all personnel caring for patients, were invited to participate.

Main outcome measures and other variables

Attitudes towards the participation of hospital health care professionals in assisted suicide were investigated with an online questionnaire.

Results

Among all invited professionals, 5'127 responded by filling in the survey at least partially (response rate 37.0%), and 3'683 completed the entire survey (26.6%). 73.0% of participants approved that this practice should be authorized

SUBMITTER: Gamondi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9612505 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature