Susilo Wibisono, Payam Mavandadi, Stuart Wilkinson, Catherine Amiot, Liz Forbat, Emma F Thomas, Felicity Allen, Jean Decety, Kerrie Noonan, Kiara Minto, Lauren J Breen, Madison Kho, Monique Crane, Morgana Lizzio-Wilson, Pascal Molenberghs, Winnifred Louis
This study explores how providing assisted dying services affects the psychological distress of practitioners. It investigates the influence of professional norms that endorse such services within their field. Study 1 included veterinarians ( N = 137, 75.2% female, M age = 43.1 years, SD age = 12.7 years), and Study 2 health practitioner students ( N = 386, 71.0% female, M age = 21.0 years, SD age = 14.4 years). In both studies, participants indicated their degree of psychological distress following exposure to scenarios depicting assisted dying services that were relevant to their respective situations...
April 10, 2024: Death Studies