Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 215 Light Hall, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA,
J Relig Health. 2013 Dec;52(4):1051-65. doi: 10.1007/s10943-013-9740-z.
This study surveyed 1,156 practicing US physicians to examine the relationship between physicians' religious characteristics and their approaches to artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH). Forty percent of physicians believed that unless a patient is imminently dying, the patient should always receive nutrition and fluids; 75 % believed that it is ethically permissible for doctors to withdraw ANH. The least religious physicians were less likely to oppose withholding or withdrawing ANH. Compared to non-evangelical Protestant physicians, Jews and Muslims were significantly more likely to oppose withholding ANH, and Muslims were significantly more likely to oppose withdrawing ANH.
本研究调查了 1156 名美国执业医师，以探讨医师的宗教特征与其对人工营养和水合（ANH）的方法之间的关系。40%的医师认为，除非患者即将死亡，否则患者应始终接受营养和液体；75%的医师认为医生撤回 ANH 在伦理上是允许的。宗教信仰最少的医生不太可能反对拒绝或撤回 ANH。与非福音派新教徒医生相比，犹太教徒和穆斯林更有可能反对拒绝 ANH，而穆斯林更有可能反对撤回 ANH。
