A Study on the Tendency of Medical Students’ Choice of Moral Dilemma
10.12026/j.issn.1001-8565.2022.10.13
- VernacularTitle:医学生“道德困境”选择的倾向性研究
- Author:
Honglei REN
1
;
Tong ZHAO
1
;
Lili SHI
2
;
Yuyang CAI
1
Author Information
1. School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
2. Dean’s Office, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Medical Education;
Moral Dilemma;
Deontology;
Utilitarianism
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2022;35(10):1118-1123
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
【Objective:】 Using classic moral dilemma cases, this paper investigates the choice tendency of medical students when facing the moral dilemma, and analyzes their cognitive status and characteristics when facing the "moral dilemma", in order to provide effective enlightenment for optimizing the teaching cases of medical ethics. 【 Method:】 771 medical students in Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine were investigated by electronic questionnaire and SPSS 20.0 for statistical description and statistical analysis. 【Result:】 In the emergency room doctors and transition scenes, medical students tend to the principle of maximum happiness, and in the ring track scene and pedestrian overpass scene, they tend to the principle of deontology; In the loop track scene and pedestrian overpass scene, boys are more inclined to deontological principles than girls, and undergraduates are more inclined to deontological principles than postgraduates, and the difference is statistically significant (P<0.05). 【Conclusion:】 Although medical students have different moral tendencies in different scenes, they generally do not agree with the practice of sacrificing one person to save five people. Especially when more rigorous sacrifice conditions cause greater moral pressure, the vast majority of medical students will tend to the latter between utilitarianism and deontological principles.
