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Does Decision-making in End-of-life Care Differ Between Graduating Medical Students and Experienced Physicians?
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- How do the oldest old die in very fast ageing territories? The case of overseas France.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Observational Study on Enhancing End-of-Life Care Competence Through OSCE: Educational Implications.Medical science educator · 2025Article
- Connect or detach: A transformative experience for medical students in end-of-life care.Medical education · 2025Article
- Navigating the Tensions of Supervision: Medical Educators' Strategies for Supporting Students During End-of-Life Care.Perspectives on medical education · 2025Article
- Physicians' experiences and perceptions about withholding and withdrawal life-sustaining treatment in Chiang Mai University Hospital: a cross-sectional study.BMC palliative care · 2024Article
- Medical decision-making in hospices from the viewpoint of physicians: results from two qualitative studies.BMC palliative care · 2022Article
- Perception of Medical Students on the Need for End-of-Life Care: A Q-Methodology Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
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aimAppropriate decision-making in end-of-life (EOL) care is essential for both junior and senior physicians. The aim of this study was to compare the decision-making and attitudes of medical students with those of experienced general practitioners (GP) regarding EOL-care. MATERIALS AND
methodsA questionnaire presenting three cancer patient scenarios concerning decisions and ethical aspects of EOL-care was offered to 500 Finnish GPs and 639 graduating medical students in 2015-2016.
resultsResponses were received from 222 (47%) GPs and 402 (63%) students. The GPs withdrew antibiotics (p<0.001) and nasogastric tubes (p=0.007) and withheld resuscitation (p<0.001), blood transfusions (p=0.002) and pleural drainage (p<0.001) more often than did the students. The students considered euthanasia and assisted suicide less reprehensible (p<0.001 in both) than did the GPs.
conclusionMedical students were more unwilling to withhold and withdraw therapies in EOL-care than were the GPs, but the students considered euthanasia less reprehensible. Medical education should include aspects of decision-making in EOL-care.
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