Attitudes on euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide and terminal sedation -- A survey of the members of the German Association for Palliative Medicine

Müller-Busch, H. Christof; Oduncu, Fuat; Woskanjan, Susanne; Klaschik, E.

doi:10.1007/s11019-004-9349-9

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“…Euthanasia is not very popular, attitude in line with other countries (Müller-Busch et al, 2004;Voultsos et al, 2010). With regard to family members, generally, they will simply be informed, but rarely is required their actual opinion.…”

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“…Existing dilemmas concerning end-of-life medicine -as issues about patient informed consent for life-saving treatments, or attitudes of medical professionals towards decision-making about do not start or suspend lifesustaining/prolonging care -today more than ever are becoming crucial (Müller-Busch et al, 2004), especially whereas the comparison is between doctors and critical/ terminally-ill/unconsciousness patients, as at Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and Cancer Wards, where this opposition may be an outright routine. Consequently, it is needed, as observed by many medical and societies associations, to intervene in this matter, as exemplified by the guidelines of Italian Society for Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation, and Intensive Care (SIAARTI) for admission to and discharge from Intensive Care Units, and the limitation of treatment in Intensive Care (Gruppo di Studio ad Hoc della Commissione di Bioetica della SIAARTI, 2003).…”

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Unsolved questions and preferred solution about living will

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D’Anna

Lanzarone

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Egypt J Forensic Sci

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Background: Ethical problems about end-of-life medicine include a variety of issues approached in different ways by physicians and, more recently, special emphasis to this kind of ethical issues and possible answers has done by Italian National Ethical Committee in the issue named "Deep and continuous palliative sedation in the imminence of Death" (January, 2016). The debate is very critical in Intensive Care Units and Cancer Wards, where health care professionals face-off with terminally-ill patients is an outright routine; the Authors investigated their medical knowledge and ethical perception about patient critical and terminal condition to discuss the most relevant conclusions. Material: In the Sicilian province of Palermo, physicians working in Intensive Care and Oncology fields were been given a questionnaire that takes inspiration from the Ethicatt Questionnaire-Doctor. The authors reported the results obtained, by selecting and analyzing the most involved questions about living wills. Results: Generally, the respondents showed a great sensibility on this topic. Overall agreement on the living will was observed, as past surveys, but also a new conception. Euthanasia remains not very popular, attitude in line with other countries. Opinions and aptitudes of relatives have minor importance towards patient's wishes, that are in some cases in first place. Conclusion: Explicit positive answer towards dilemmas about living wills lifts the veil and reveals how these ones would represent a very useful tool for health care professionals in this study. It is also plausible that, if doctors had available an advance directive (living will) document, they would follow it, overcoming any contingent ethical objections.

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Unsolved questions and preferred solution about living will

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D’Anna

Lanzarone

et al. 2018

Egypt J Forensic Sci

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“…In 2002, the Ethics Working Group of the German Association for Palliative Medicine (16) conducted a survey among physician in order to evaluate their attitudes towards different end-oflife medical practices, such as euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and terminal sedation. The results were that the vast majority was opposed to legalizing different forms of premature termination of life: 90% for euthanasia (16).…”

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“…The results were that the vast majority was opposed to legalizing different forms of premature termination of life: 90% for euthanasia (16).…”

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Bioethical Positioning of Spanish Health Professionals: A Semi-Quantitative Study

Iglesias

Vallejo

2015

Acta bioeth.

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The present study was undertaken to examine the positions of Spanish health professionals on a variety of bioethical issues and to determine the relationships between these positions and the professionals' religious beliefs and political views. The study sample consisted of 50 individuals randomly selected from a database of Spanish health professionals who had received solid training in bioethics. A structured questionnaire was designed that contained six closed questions on positions on biomedical advances and science and biotechnology (eugenics, use of nonimplanted embryos for experimental purposes, human cloning, and the idea that science should have limits) and the respondents' sociopolitical and religious views, and assessment scales were developed for the responses. The distribution of the responses was subjected to statistical analysis using analysis of variance (ANOVA). For the items with responses scored on a Likert scale, the positions taken were moderately adverse, and the vast majority of respondents believed that there should be limits to science. Religious convictions had greater influence on the responses than political orientation. There was evidence that liberal beliefs corresponded with what the authors consider to be more progressive ideas about the bioethics issues addressed in the study. The important questions of bioethics require an interdisciplinary approach and a combination of state and private-sector action to strengthen the links between religion and science, keep general knowledge up to date, and properly train biotechnology professionals. Key words: bioethics, health professionals, SpainPosición bioética de profesionales de la salud de España: Un estudio semi-cuantitativo Resumen: Se realizó el presente estudio para examinar las posiciones de profesionales de la salud española sobre una variedad de temas bioéticos y determinar las relaciones entre estas posiciones y las creencias religiosas y puntos de vista políticos de los profesionales. La muestra del estudio consistió de 50 individuos seleccionados al azar de una base de datos de profesionales de la salud en España que habían recibido formación sólida en bioética. Se diseñó un cuestionario estructurado con seis preguntas cerradas sobre posiciones acerca de avances biomédicos, de ciencia y biotecnología (eugenesia, uso de embriones no implantados para propósitos experimentales, clonación humana y la idea de que la ciencia debería tener límites), y los puntos de vista sociopolíticos y religiosos de los respondientes, y se desarrollaron escalas de evaluación para las respuestas. Se sometió la distribución de las respuestas a análisis estadístico usando análisis de varianza (ANOVA). Para los elementos con respuestas valuadas con una escala Likert, las posiciones tomadas fueron moderadamente adversas y la inmensa mayoría de los respondientes creían que debería haber límites para la ciencia. Las convicciones religiosas tuvieron mayor influencia en las respuestas que la orientación política. Hubo evidencia de que las creenci...

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“…Just like Switzerland, Oregon is one of the few states that provides for the legal possibility of PAS. A survey among palliative care physicians from Germany, where assisted suicide is widely considered to be unworthy of a physician, yielded a substantial majority of 75% who were opposed to legalizing PAS, mostly citing personal moral values (Müller-Busch et al 2004). …”

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confidence: 99%