Saira Naz, Arif Rasheed.
Attitude of medical students and Pakistani physicians towards euthanasia and assisted suicide: a descriptive cross-sectional study.
Pak Postgrad Med J Jan ;32(2):58-61.

Objective: To Determine Attitude Of Medical Students and Pakistani Physicians towards Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide. Study Design: Descriptive Cross -sectional Study Place and Duration of Study: The Study was carried out at King Edward Medical University, Lahore from 24th August to 24th September, 2020 Methodology:  After taking ethical Approval from Institutional Review Board a questionnaire recording the respondent’s email address was distributed in King Edward Medical University and affiliated Mayo Hospital, Lahore and responses to questionnaire were recorded with informed consent. Result: Male to Female ratio of respondents was 2:3 and almost 83.74% of the respondents believed that euthanasia may be against their religious commands and 49.4% of the respondents agreed that euthanasia with  necessary safeguards and restrictions should be legalized. The characteristics of respondents are given in the Table-1 Conclusion: Almost half of the health care workers and medical students in Pakistan support judicial practice of Euthanasia.

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