Perspectives of a  sample of mostly younger doctors on physician-assisted suicide

CONCLUSION: Younger doctors differentiate in their attitude towards PAS between people without illnesses and those in palliative treatment situations. Further investigations into the causes of the frequent ignorance of the normative foundations are necessary. The results suggest that more educational work needs to be done about suicide alternatives and palliative care options.PMID:38253871 | PMC:PMC10834612 | DOI:10.1007/s00103-024-03833-5

Source: Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz - January 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Remo K üppers Stefan Meier Yann-Nicolas Batzler Manuela Schallenburger Dietmar Wetzchewald Sven Dreyer Jaqueline Schwartz Martin Neukirchen Source Type: research