Management of death, dying and euthanasia: attitudes and practices of medical practitioners in South Australia.
Management of death, dying and euthanasia: attitudes and practices of medical practitioners in South Australia.
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死亡、垂死和安乐死的管理：南澳大利亚医生的态度和做法。
DOI：
10.1136/jme.20.1.41
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发表时间：
1994
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Christine A Stevens
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作者：
Christine A Stevens
本文介绍了对南澳大利亚州卫生专业人员就死亡、临终和安乐死管理作出的决定进行研究的初步结果，并着重介绍了有关医疗从业人员的态度和做法的研究结果。1991年8月，向从南澳大利亚医学委员会公布的名单中随机选出的南澳大利亚494名医生的10%样本邮寄了自我填写的邮寄问卷。总回应率为68%，其中60%（298份）为可用回复。调查发现，47%的医院曾收到病人要求加速死亡的请求。19%的医院采取了导致病人死亡的积极措施。68%的人认为应制定停止和停止治疗的准则。45%的人赞成在某些情况下主动安乐死合法化。
This article presents the first results of a study of the decisions made by health professionals in South Australia concerning the management of death, dying, and euthanasia, and focuses on the findings concerning the attitudes and practices of medical practitioners. Mail-back, self-administered questionnaires were posted in August 1991 to a ten per cent sample of 494 medical practitioners in South Australia randomly selected from the list published by the Medical Board of South Australia. A total response rate of 68 per cent was obtained, 60 per cent of which (298) were usable returns. It was found that forty-seven per cent had received requests from patients to hasten their deaths. Nineteen per cent had taken active steps which had brought about the death of a patient. Sixty-eight per cent thought that guidelines for withholding and withdrawal of treatment should be established. Forty-five per cent were in favour of legalisation of active euthanasia under certain circumstances.