Good death: Euthanasia in the eyes of medical students
Authors:
Josef Kuře; Michaela Vaňharová
Authors‘ workplace:
Ústav lékařské etiky, Masarykova univerzita, Brno
Published in:
Čas. Lék. čes. 2014; 153: 146-153
Category:
Original Article
Overview
Both in the general public and in the professional communities, very diverse notions of euthanasia can be found. At the same time determining of the precise semantics of euthanasia is one of the crucial prerequisites for subsequent meaningful ethical discussion of euthanasia. The paper analyzes an empirical study investigating the understanding of euthanasia by medical students. The aim of the conducted research was to identify the semantic definitions of euthanasia used by the first-year medical students.
Keywords:
euthanasia – death – thanatology – killing
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