ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Health Professionals' Views on Euthanasia: Impact of Traits, Religiosity, Death Perceptions, and Empathy.
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- The role of social norms, empathy, and religiosity in assisted dying decisions: an fMRI study.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2026Article
- Individual, Professional Characteristics and Religiosity Predict Attitudes of Health Professionals Toward Euthanasia in Greece.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- Predictors of Support for Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide (EPAS) Among Older Adults in Israel.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
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Abstract
contextA plethora of actors like individual and professional characteristics, religiosity, personality-related factors, personal experience of death, and empathy form the attitude of health professionals in patient care in clinical settings and euthanasia.
objectivesThe aim of the study was to measure the attitudes of health professionals toward euthanasia. In addition, we examined how individual and professional characteristics, religiosity, death perspectives, and empathy may predict health professionals' attitudes toward euthanasia.
methodsWe collected socio-demographic characteristics and attitudes toward euthanasia and the end of life as well as empathy dimensions from 465 health professionals working in health services in Greece. Multiple linear regression was applied to test the association of the attitudes about euthanasia with (1) demographic and professional variables, (2) perceptions about death, and (3) empathy.
resultsFindings of the study revealed that health professionals' attitudes towards euthanasia are significantly associated with their age, the target group of their patients, religious beliefs, and their attitudes about the end of life. Meanwhile, empathy was an insignificant predictor of ATE (
conclusionsWorking in clinical settings with patients, especially at the end of their lives, will always include ethical issues for health professionals. Training and supporting new generations of health professionals in patient care and bioethics are crucial in order to face these ethical issues during their professional careers.
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