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KMID : 0895520020060010039
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Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medical Technology
2002 Volume.6 No. 1 p.39 ~ p.53
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Attitudes of EMT and Nursing students toward Euthanasia
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Kim Mi-Seon
Hwang Sun-Yeong
Park Mi-Hwa
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Abstract
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This descriptive study was conducted to identify the attitude toward euthanasia of EMT and nursing students and to compare their attitude before and after clinical practice. The convenience sample was comprised of 40 first grade and 40 second grade EMT students attended at G college in G-city, and 40 first grade and 40 third grade nursing students attended at C college in C-province. The variable was tested with an euthanasia attitude scale developed by Kim Ae Kyoung(2001). The valid responses were obtained and analyzed by using SPSS PC+ from November 25 to December 6.2002.
The results showed that most of the respondents agreed to have positive attitude toward euthanasia in terms of client´s right and client´s quality of life. Also, they thought that euthanasia should be legalized and the right to die with dignity should be guaranteed. The EMT respondents having a clinical experience showed significantly higher score than respondents having no experience in the subarea of medical ethics and nursing respondents who had a clinical practice showed significantly higher score than others no experience in the subarea of quality of life. But, the other sub-areas had no significant difference between the respondents before and after clinical practice.
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