Singh Sheetal, Gupta Shakti, Singh I B, Madaan Nirupam
Department of Hospital Administration, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Indian J Palliat Care. 2016 Oct-Dec;22(4):485-490. doi: 10.4103/0973-1075.191856.
The topic of euthanasia has induced differences not only among professionals in the medical fraternity but also in other fields as well. The dying process is being lengthened by the new state of art technologies erupting as such higher pace, and it is at the expense of standard quality of life and of a gracious death.
To study the awareness and attitude toward euthanasia among select professionals in Delhi.
It was a questionnaire-based descriptive cross-sectional study. The study population included doctors, nurses, judges, lawyers, journalist, and social activists of Delhi. Tool included a sociodemographic questionnaire, two questions to know awareness regarding euthanasia and a modified euthanasia attitude scale used to measure attitude toward euthanasia. Data were analyzed using Stata 11.2.
Through our study, it is evident that professionals who participated in the study (judges, advocates, doctors, nurses, journalists, and social activists) in Delhi were familiar with the term euthanasia. No significant difference was seen in the attitude of professionals of different age group and sex toward euthanasia.
Through this study, it is found that judiciary group most strongly endorsed euthanasia. The attitude of doctors was elicited from mixed group with doctors belonging to different specialties. Oncologists are not in favor of any form of euthanasia. However, doctors from other specialties did support euthanasia.
安乐死这一话题不仅在医学界专业人士中引发了分歧，在其他领域也是如此。随着新技术以如此高的速度涌现，死亡过程被延长，而这是以标准生活质量和安详死亡为代价的。
研究德里特定专业人士对安乐死的认知和态度。
这是一项基于问卷的描述性横断面研究。研究人群包括德里的医生、护士、法官、律师、记者和社会活动家。工具包括一份社会人口学问卷、两个了解对安乐死认知的问题以及一个用于测量对安乐死态度的改良安乐死态度量表。数据使用Stata 11.2进行分析。
通过我们的研究，很明显参与研究的德里专业人士（法官、律师、医生、护士、记者和社会活动家）熟悉安乐死这个术语。不同年龄组和性别的专业人士对安乐死的态度没有显著差异。
通过这项研究发现，司法群体最强烈支持安乐死。医生的态度是从包括不同专业的医生的混合群体中得出的。肿瘤学家不支持任何形式的安乐死。然而，其他专业的医生确实支持安乐死。
