|
KMID : 0856920220250040198
|
|
Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
2022 Volume.25 No. 4 p.198 ~ p.203
|
|
|
Beliefs and Attitudes toward Physician-assisted Suicide among Korean Adults
|
|
Hwang In-Cheol
Kang Jung-Hun
Kim Won-Chul
Park Jean-No
Kim Hyun-Sook
Kim Dae-Kyun
Lee Kyung-Hee
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
Purpose: To grasp public opinion accurately, we conducted an opinion poll on beliefs and attitudes toward physician-assisted suicide (PAS).
Methods: A randomized telephone survey ensuring a representative sample was conducted, 1,007 participants aged 18 years or older (response rate, 9.5%).
Results: The main results are as follows: i) 61.1% of participants thought that the current social support system for terminally ill patients and their families is insufficient; ii) 60% of participants did not recognize the term “hospice and palliative care”; iii) 81.7% of participants would not like to receive life-sustaining treatment if there is no possibility of recovery; iv) 58.4% of participants would like to receive hospice and palliative care if they are diagnosed with a terminal illness; v) the priorities for dignified dying were preparing a support system to reduce the burden of care (28.6%), economic support including reduction of medical expenses (26.7%), expansion of hospice and palliative care services (25.4%), and legalization of PAS (13.6%); and vi) 58.3% of participants agreed that the expansion of hospice and palliative care should precede the legalization of PAS.
Conclusion: Koreans currently want other efforts, including expansion of hospice and palliative care services, instead of the legalization of PAS.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Assisted suicide, Hospices, Terminal care, Withholding treatment
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
  
|