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http://dx.doi.org/10.9708/jksci.2020.25.02.181

The effects of death orientation and attitude toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment on awareness of biomedical ethics among paramedic students  

Park, Yunhee (Dept. of Nursing, Wonkwang University)
Song, Hyo-Suk (Dept. of Emergency Medical Technology, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology)
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Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information / v.25, no.2, 2020 , pp. 181-188 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to identify the effects of the degree of death orientation, attitudes toward withdrawing life-sustaining treatment, and awareness of biomedical ethics on paramedic students' own biomedical ethics. The participants of this study were 228 paramedic students from a college located in D city. Data were collected from April to June 2019 through a self-report questionnaire. There was a positive correlation between awareness of biomedical ethics and attitude toward withdrawing life-sustaining treatment (r=.63, p<.001). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the factors affecting students' awareness of biomedical ethics were religion (β=.12, p=.018) and their attitude toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment (β=.61, p<.001), with an explanatory power of 41.0%. Educational programs must focus on attitudes toward withdrawing life-sustaining treatment to improve paramedic students' awareness of biomedical ethics.
Keywords
Death Orientation; Attitude toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment; Awareness of biomedical ethics; Paramedic; Students;
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