Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
JOURNAL OF MEHMET AKIF ERSOY UNIVERSITY ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES FACULTY, cilt.9, sa.3, ss.2058-2080, 2022 (ESCI, TRDizin)
The aim of this study is to analyze the opinions of university students studying in different disciplines on euthanasia; To determine the relationship between them by examining the attitude towards death, descriptive feature and personal experience variables. The study was carried out with 354 students studying at Istanbul University and Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa. In the research; "Information Form", "Attitudes towards Death Scale" and "Attitudes and Opinions towards Euthanasia Questionnaire Form" were used. In the analysis process of the data; independent samples t-test, oneway analysis of variance, spearman's rho and chi-square test were applied. As a result of the research; A significant difference was found between the variables of the department where the students continue their education, witnessing a relative with a painful illness, loss and level of religiosity, and the students' attitudes towards death and their views on euthanasia. At the same time, as a result of the findings, a significant relationship was determined between the students' euthanasia approaches and their attitudes towards death.