ATTITUDE OF MEDICAL STUDENTS AND PAKISTANI PHYSICIANS TOWARDS EUTHANASIA AND ASSISTED SUICIDE: A DESCRIPTIVE CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Abstract
Objective: To Determine Attitude Of Medical Students and Pakistani Physicians towards Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide.
Study Design: Descriptive Cross -sectional Study
Place and Duration of Study: The Study was carried out at King Edward Medical University, Lahore from 24th August to 24th September, 2020
Methodology: After taking ethical Approval from Institutional Review Board a questionnaire recording the respondent’s email address was distributed in King Edward Medical University and affiliated Mayo Hospital, Lahore and responses to questionnaire were recorded with informed consent.
Result: Male to Female ratio of respondents was 2:3 and almost 83.74% of the respondents believed that euthanasia may be against their religious commands and 49.4% of the respondents agreed that euthanasia with necessary safeguards and restrictions should be legalized.
The characteristics of respondents are given in the Table-1
Conclusion: Almost half of the health care workers and medical students in Pakistan support judicial practice of Euthanasia.
