King George Hospital, Barking, Hevering and Redbridge University Hospitals, Essex, UK.
J Med Ethics. 2012 Jan;38(1):22-5. doi: 10.1136/jme.2011.042770. Epub 2011 Jul 18.
To explore attitudes towards conscientious objections among medical students in the UK.
Medical students at St George's University of London, Cardiff University, King's College London and Leeds University were emailed a link to an anonymous online questionnaire, hosted by an online survey company. The questionnaire contained nine questions. A total of 733 medical students responded.
Nearly half of the students in this survey stated that they believed in the right of doctors to conscientiously object to any procedure. Demand for the right to conscientiously object is greater in Muslim medical students when compared with other groups of religious medical students.
Abortion continues to be a contentious issue among medical students and this may contribute to the looming crisis in abortion services over the coming years. This project sheds some light on how future doctors view some of their ethical rights and obligations. Using empirical evidence, it reveals that conscientious objection is an issue in the UK medical student body today. These data could help anticipate problems that may arise when these medical students qualify and practise medicine in the community.
Clearer guidance is needed for medical students about the issue of conscientious objection at medical school.
探讨英国医学生对凭良心拒绝医疗的态度。
伦敦圣乔治大学、卡迪夫大学、伦敦国王学院和利兹大学的医学生收到了一封电子邮件，其中包含一个匿名在线问卷的链接，该问卷由一家在线调查公司托管。问卷包含九个问题。共有 733 名医学生做出了回应。
在这项调查中，近一半的学生表示他们相信医生有权凭良心拒绝任何程序。与其他宗教背景的医学生相比，穆斯林医学生对凭良心拒绝医疗的权利有更大的需求。
堕胎问题在医学生中仍然存在争议，这可能导致未来几年堕胎服务出现危机。该项目揭示了未来的医生如何看待他们的一些道德权利和义务。利用实证证据，它表明凭良心拒绝医疗在英国医学生群体中是一个问题。这些数据可以帮助预测当这些医学生在社区获得行医资格并行医时可能出现的问题。
医学院需要为医学生提供更明确的关于凭良心拒绝医疗的指导。
