@article{APM154366,
author = {Milja Vettenmaa and Reetta P. Piili and Saila Haapasalmi and Riina Metsänoja and Pirkko-Liisa I. Kellokumpu-Lehtinen and Juho T. Lehto},
title = {Changes in opinions on intentional or unintentional hastening of death from graduation to 6 years as a physician—a follow-up cohort study},
journal = {Annals of Palliative Medicine},
volume = {15},
number = {3},
year = {2026},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Physicians’ decision-making in end-of-life care involves many challenging ethical, legal, medical and psychological aspects including the possibility of hastening death. Hastened death is a complex ethical issue as it may cover both intentional assistance in death through euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide and the possibility of unintentional hastening of death through intensive management of suffering (the doctrine of double effect). The research question in our study was: Do views on unintentional or intentional hastening of death, and the factors behind them, change during the first 6 years as a physician?},
issn = {2224-5839}, url = {https://apm.amegroups.org/article/view/154366}
}