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ORIGINAL PAPER
Attitudes regarding euthanasia among Wroclaw university students surveyed in 2011–2012
1
Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
2
Development Rehabilitation Laboratory, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
3
Faculty of Education, University of Lower Silesia, Wroclaw, Poland
4
Department of Clinical Bases of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
5
Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
6
Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
7
Department of Clinical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
Submission date: 2019-05-29
Acceptance date: 2019-09-05
Publication date: 2020-02-10
Physiother Quart. 2020;28(1):35-40
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ABSTRACT
Introduction:
The research was conducted to measure the views held by students towards euthanasia.
Methods:
The opinions were recorded by using a survey with 12 statements and 5-grade Likert scale responses. The research involved 376 students: 168 students of physiotherapy and 103 students of nursing and midwifery from the Wroclaw Medical University, and 105 pedagogy students from the University of Lower Silesia.
Results:
Most respondents considered euthanasia (65%) as an act of killing. The majority of students (around 90% from both universities) believed that the subject of death should not be removed from everyday life and that human death differed from that of an animal. Moreover, 63% considered death sacred and related it with hope for eternal life, although women were more willing to take part in hospice work than men.
Conclusions:
In Poland, medical and education studies help develop attitudes of life protection from start to finish. The students of nursing and midwifery and of physiotherapy presented greater respect for life than students of education.
The research was conducted to measure the views held by students towards euthanasia.
Methods:
The opinions were recorded by using a survey with 12 statements and 5-grade Likert scale responses. The research involved 376 students: 168 students of physiotherapy and 103 students of nursing and midwifery from the Wroclaw Medical University, and 105 pedagogy students from the University of Lower Silesia.
Results:
Most respondents considered euthanasia (65%) as an act of killing. The majority of students (around 90% from both universities) believed that the subject of death should not be removed from everyday life and that human death differed from that of an animal. Moreover, 63% considered death sacred and related it with hope for eternal life, although women were more willing to take part in hospice work than men.
Conclusions:
In Poland, medical and education studies help develop attitudes of life protection from start to finish. The students of nursing and midwifery and of physiotherapy presented greater respect for life than students of education.
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