Citation

Teodorescu DI, Muñoz Sastre MT, Sorum PC. Univ. Psychol. 2019; 18(5): 1-7.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Facultad de Psicología)

DOI

10.11144/Javeriana.upsy18-5.rlph

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The conditions under which Physician-Assisted-Suicide (PAS) would be considered as acceptable among Romanians were examined. In July 2015-May 2016, 212 lay people and 52 health professionals judged the acceptability of PAS in 36 realistic vignettes composed of all combinations of four factors: the patient's age, the level of incurability of the illness, the type of suffering, and the patient's request for PAS. A majority of lay people (51%) and health professionals (85%) were opposed to PAS, quite irrespective of conditions. The most important factors determining acceptability were, for 36% of lay people, request for PAS and, for 18%, advanced age. © 2019 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.

Language: en

Keywords

Physician-assisted suicide; Romania; Acceptability