Attitudes toward euthanasia and related issues among physicians and patients in a multi-cultural society of Malaysia

• Main Authors: Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf, Abdul Rani, Mohammad Fauzi, Shahar, Mohammad Arif, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Che Abdullah, Shahrin Tarmizi, Omar, Ahmad Marzuki, Mohamad Shah, Azarisman Shah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd. 2014
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/49768/1/JFamMedPrimaryCare33230-2225569_061055_%281%29.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/49768/; http://www.jfmpc.com/temp/JFamMedPrimaryCare33230-8089563_222815.pdf

Introduction: Due to globalization and changes in the health care delivery system, there has been a gradual change in the attitude of the medical community as well as the lay public toward greater acceptance of euthanasia as an option for terminally ill and dying patients. Physicians in developing...