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A study on the factors affecting ethical behavior of doctors and studcnts.of western and oriental medicine was conducted by using questionnaires. A total of 1.100 questionnaires were distributed for this study but 831 analvzed. Most of the respondents (81.5%) were males and 18.5% were females. The Defining Issues Test(DIT) was used temeasure the factors. The data collected were analyzed by SPSS program. The results of the study are summarized as follows. (1) The criteria on ethical(P(%)) were different by demographic characteristics. The values of P(%), an indicator of ethical criteria were different by age, education and marital status of the respendents but the differences were not significant statistically. (2) Action choices on conflicting conditions by the respondents were different by age, education, and marital status of the respondents but the differences were not statistically significant. C) Hic regression between ethical situation and notion choice waS not lineal and action choices on ethical situation were different. The respondents showed different action choices by items according to their preference on the situation given in the questionnaire. (4) The values of V, an indicator of ethical behaviors were not related to the values of P(%) an indicator of ethical criteria(r=-.080). (5) The values of U were different by education(t=-2.475, p=.014), but the difference by other demographic factors were not significant statistically. (6) The values of P(%) and U affected ethical attitude and the values of P(%) affected ethical views, views of medical professional and actions of the subjects.
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