ATTITUDES OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TOWARD EUTHANASIA

被引：75

作者：

ANDERSON, JG

CADDELL, DP

机构：

[1] Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette

来源：

SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE | 1993年 / 37卷 / 01期

关键词：

EUTHANASIA; DEATH AND DYING; PROFESSIONAL CODES OF ETHICS;

D O I：

10.1016/0277-9536(93)90323-V

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

This is a pilot study of the attitudes of health care professionals toward euthanasia, and how those attitudes are affected by religion, previous experience in withdrawing care, and years in the health care profession. The data are drawn from a sample of 63 oncology professionals in the Midwest. The findings suggest that Protestants tend to support euthanasia more than Catholics; those with high religious commitments tend to disagree based on professional norms; agreement with euthanasia is inversely related to years in the profession; and those with previous experience tend to disagree with euthanasia based on legal/self-interest reasons. However, further research with larger cross-cultural samples is needed to confirm these findings.

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页码：105 / 114

页数：10