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Nursing students' Awareness of Well-dying, Attitude toward Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment and Attitude toward Euthanasia

간호대학생의 웰다잉에 대한 인식과 연명치료중단과 안락사에 대한 태도

  • Kim, Mi-Ja (Department of Nursing, Daejeon Institute Science & Technology)
  • 김미자 (대전과학기술대학교 간호학과)
  • Received : 2020.11.04
  • Accepted : 2020.12.20
  • Published : 2020.12.31
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Abstract

Although the life-sustaining treatment decision law is in effect, health care worker have many difficulties in determining life-sustaining treatment. Therefore, the relationship between the awareness of well-dying(WD), the attitude toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment(AWLST), and the attitude toward euthanasia(AE) for nursing students who will take care of dying patients in the future will be analyzed and used as basic data for bioethics classes. The study period was from April 1 to May 6, 2018, and a survey was conducted on 288 nursing students in D City. As a result of the study, WD was found to have positive (+) correlations with AWLST and AE, while AWLST was positive (+) with active and passive euthanasia. As nurses are expected to experience many ethical conflicts in the life-sustaining treatment process, it is necessary to receive education related to well-dying awareness, bioethics education, and life-sustaining treatment during the nursing student period.

본 연구는 간호대학생을 대상으로 웰다잉에 대한 인식과 연명치료중단의 태도 및 안락사에 대한 태도 간의 관계를 알아보고자 시도되었다. 연구 기간은 2018년 4월 1일부터 5월 6일까지로 D광역시에 소재한 간호학과의 288명의 간호대학생을 대상으로 조사를 실시하였다. 연구결과 웰다잉에 대한 인식은 연명치료중단의 태도와 적극적 안락사, 소극적 안락사와 정(+)의 상관관계로, 연명치료중단의 태도는 적극적 안락사, 소극적 안락사와 정(+)의 상관관계로 나타났다. 간호사는 연명치료과정에서 많은 윤리적 갈등을 경험할 것으로 예상되는 바 간호대학생 시기에 웰다잉에 대한 인식, 생명윤리교육을 받는 것이 필요하고 교육프로그램의 개발과 효과평가가 요구된다.

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