La perspectiva ètica de los mèdicos residentes / The ethical perspective of resident physicians
Ricevuto: maggio 5, 2017
Accettato: maggio 5, 2017
Pubblicato: maggio 5, 2017
Accettato: maggio 5, 2017
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Departamento de Bioética, Facultad de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Departamento de Bioética, Facultad de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Aim: Ethical conceptions among medical residents at a high complexity hospital in Buenos Aires were investigated. Method: descriptive-correlational study with a transversal design. An anonymous survey was designed to be distributed among residents of one hospital. It analyzed two bioethics research fields: beginning and end of life. Results: All medical residents participated. Regarding end of life issues, 61.9% were against euthanasia, 81.9% were able to distinguish between limiting a therapeutic effort and practicing euthanasia, and 76.2% considered adequate to limit a therapeutic effort in cases of futile treatment. Regarding beginning of life, 61.9% disagree with abortion of a disable fetus, 31.5% in cases of rape of mother. In addition, 44.8% considered adequate to practice abortion in ectopic pregnancy without considering any complication sign in mothers. More than 80% agreed with Fallopian tube ligation and anovulatory contraceptive methods. Regarding sterility in a marriage, 86.7% approved in vitro fertilization. While 81.9% disapproved research with stem cells obtained from living embryos, this score was reduced to 49.5% when the aim is to cure a disease. Bioethics subjects considered more relevant were: 1) suspension of treatment, 2) abortion and 3) euthanasia. Conclusions: there is an unequal consideration of human life value among medical residents, with some of them showing a deficiency in the ontological dignity of the embryo. The bioethics subject considered more relevant was suspension of treatment and limitation of therapeutic efforts. The knowledge of these opinions could help developing new strategies in order to give an efficient bioethical formation.
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Grimaux, G., & Silberberg, A. (2017). La perspectiva ètica de los mèdicos residentes / The ethical perspective of resident physicians. Medicina E Morale, 66(2), 177–194. https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2017.486
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