Survey of Medical Students' Feelings about Death and Terminal Care

医学生の死および末期医療に関する意識調査

Survey of Medical Students' Feelings about Death and Terminal Care

Creators Tanaka Aiko

Creators Sugi Yoko

Creators Kanemura Masako

Creators Nakao Hisako

Creators Azuma Reiko

Creators Ikeguchi Keikan

Creators Okuda Masayuki

Creators Ri Keiei

Creators Kobayashi Haruo

Creators Hobora Tatsuya

A questionnaire was used to survey ninety students of the third academic year and seventy one students of the sixth academic year at Y University School of Medicine regarding three topics: ”interest in and anxiety about death” , ”how and where to die” and ”terminal care.” The results were as follows: 1 . Students who had clinical practice experience were more familiar with the issues concerning death. 2 . Concerning interest in and anxiety about death, a higher percentage of male students than female students felt that they could face the death of people, 3 . As for advantages of dying in a hospital (hospital death, hereafter ) , a higher percentage of females than males chose the answer, ”It reduces the burden of family care.” The percentage of students who replied, ”There is no advantage in hospital death,” was higher in the third-year students than in the sixth-year students. 4 . A higher percentage of females than males wished to die in a hospital or hospice.

[ISSN]0513-1731

[NCID]AN00243156