The Relationship between Some Beliefs Held by Physicians and their Life-Prolonging Decisions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13629267 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lesley F Degner (University of Manitoba, corresponding author), Lesley Degner (University of Manitoba) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 223-232 |
| Publication date | 1974-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/r3ph-0wwj-ahp8-adj1 |
| PMID | 11663252 |
| OpenAlex | W2079744180 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 10 |
A Guttman scale was developed to elicit physicians' tendencies in regard to life-prolonging decisions. The great majority (79.4%) of the 92 physicians in the sample favored withdrawing treatment from terminally ill patients in at least two out of three imaginary situations. A comparison of the sample's life-prolonging decisions by their beliefs in God and afterlife yielded no significant differences. Comparison of the sample's life-prolonging decisions by their beliefs about death indicated that physicians who favored withdrawal of treatment from terminally ill patients viewed death more as a negative than as a neutral or positive phenomenon
Afterlife · Developmental psychology · Guttman scale · Palliative care · Sample (material · Scale (ratio · Terminally ill · Theology · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Ethics in medical practice · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 2019 (44) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |