Remo Küppers, Stefan Meier, Yann-Nicolas Batzler, Manuela Schallenburger, Dietmar Wetzchewald, Sven Dreyer, Jaqueline Schwartz, Martin Neukirchen
BACKGROUND: On 26 February 2020, the German Federal Constitutional Court revoked a law (§ 217 StGB) that had banned assisted suicide intended to be repeated on a regularly basis. Since then, a possible new legal regulation has been discussed. This study examined the knowledge, experiences, and attitudes of younger physicians towards physician-assisted suicide (PAS). METHODS: A quantitative survey of postgraduate courses in emergency medicine, critical care medicine, and hematology was conducted from November 2022 to March 2023...
January 22, 2024: Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz