New Zealand medical students' views of euthanasia/assisted dying across different year levels.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies report a majority of the general public support euthanasia/assisted dying (EAD), while a majority of doctors are opposed. In considering policy decisions about EAD, some may discount the views of doctors because they take them to be based on personal values or tradition, rather than reasons that the general public might share. One way to explore this notion is to examine whether medical students' views change during their medical education. The objective of this study was to learn how New Zealand medical students view EAD and whether students at different year levels have different views.

Methods

An on-line survey of undergraduate medical students was conducted asking whether they supported a law change to allow EAD. Quantitative data was analysed

SUBMITTER: Nie L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7901115 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature