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Knowledge and attitude regarding euthanasia among medical students in the public and private medical schools of Karachi.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Hassan, Wafa Ahmad, Farah Malik, Aisha Anees Ali, Saba |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | OBJECTIVE To assess the awareness about and perception of euthanasia among medical students of Karachi. METHOD The cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2011 to March 2012 among students of private-sector and one public-sector medical college in Karachi. Data was analysed using SPSS version 17, and associations were worked out using chi-square test. RESULTS Out of the 493 students, 226 (46%) were from the matriculation system and 194 (39%) from the Cambridge system, while the remaining 15% were from the American High School. The male-female ratio was 1:3. There were 284 (58%) students from the private medical college. Majority of the private medical school students (n = 284; 99.6%) knew about euthanasia, compared to the public-sector facility where only 161 (77%) knew of it. Of the total, 405 (82%) students agreed that it is physician-assisted suicide; 255 (52%) agreed to the idea of palliative care, claiming it was sufficient to maintain life; 226 (54%) disagreed that a doctor should not be allowed to administer a lethal dose while only 162 (33%) agreed to the idea of it; 285 (58%) disagreed that a law regarding the practice of euthanasia should not be introduced, whereas 134 (27%) agreed to it; 70 (14%) agreed to the practice of euthanasia, while 311 (63%) disagreed, mostly for religious reasons. CONCLUSION The awareness of euthanasia was high, but a very small proportion of students approved of it. There is need to include palliative care and euthanasia in the Behavioural Science module in the under-graduation programme of both public and private medical schools. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| PubMed reference number | 23894920 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 63 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://jpma.org.pk/PdfDownload/4021 |
| Journal | JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
