University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Lublin, Poland.
Witold Chodźko Institute of Rural Health, Lublin, Poland.
Ann Agric Environ Med. 2023 Mar 31;30(1):148-155. doi: 10.26444/aaem/160085. Epub 2023 Feb 28.
Euthanasia assumes the deliberate deprivation of life of another human being for the good of that person. At present, euthanasia is legally practiced in Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg, Columbia and Canada. In Poland, euthanasia is strictly prohibited. The aim of this work is to present the opinions of medical students about euthanasia. An anonymous questionnaire was conducted among first-year students of medicine at the Medical University of Lublin, Poland.
The anonymous questionnaire consisted of 35 questions that concerned three components of euthanasia attitude: knowledge, evaluation, and acceptance of its use. The study included 281 students of medicine (77.6% of all first-year students).
Although euthanasia in Poland is legally prohibited, almost one-fifth of students of medicine expressed a positive attitude towards euthanasia, and over a quarter of students opted for its legalization. Only two independent variables, i.e., family size (number of children) and religious involvement of the respondents, differentiated both the overall assessment of euthanasia and the level of acceptance for its legalization. Non-religious people more often (43.3%) than religiously engaged people (6.4%) expressed positive opinions about euthanasia.
The attitudes of students towards euthanasia are often inconsistent. There is a need to evaluate medical study programmes in the context of creating the right attitudes of future doctors towards euthanasia.
安乐死是指为了他人的利益而故意剥夺另一个人的生命。目前，安乐死在荷兰、比利时、卢森堡、哥伦比亚和加拿大是合法的。在波兰，安乐死是严格禁止的。本研究旨在介绍医学生对安乐死的看法。我们在波兰卢布林医科大学对一年级医学生进行了一项匿名问卷调查。
这份匿名问卷由 35 个问题组成，涉及安乐死态度的三个方面：知识、评价和对其使用的接受程度。研究共包括 281 名医学生（占所有一年级学生的 77.6%）。
尽管在波兰安乐死是合法的，但近五分之一的医学生对安乐死持积极态度，超过四分之一的医学生赞成安乐死合法化。只有两个独立变量，即家庭规模（孩子的数量）和受访者的宗教信仰，区分了对安乐死的总体评估和对其合法化的接受程度。非宗教人士比宗教人士（43.3%比 6.4%）更经常对安乐死表示赞成。
学生对安乐死的态度往往不一致。有必要在评估医学课程时，考虑到未来医生对安乐死的正确态度。
