Changes in Medical Student’s Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Clinical Death After Teaching the Philosophy of Death

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Authors

Nicholas Ludka, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Medical Student
Abram Brummett, Corewell Health East
Jason Adam Wasserman, Corewell Health East

Description

The pluralism of views that surround death, both within the bioethics community and society as a whole, can be a source of frustration for medical students and physicians who encounter surrogate decision makers who deny the standard medicolegal view of death. There are large gaps in knowledge regarding brain death among medical students, likely due to the lack of educational initiatives and the reliance of media for information, which often portrays inaccurate descriptions of brain death. 1 Despite the growing literature on the inadequacy of medical students’ knowledge of brain death, there has yet to be investigation into students’ attitudes toward brain death and other, non-standard views of death. 2 Therefore, we developed a lecture with an accompanying questionnaire to determine students’ knowledge and attitudes for different views of death.

Publication Date

5-2025

Keywords

brain death, attitudes

Disciplines

Bioethics and Medical Ethics

Recommended Citation

Ludka N, Brummett A, Wasserman JA. Changes in medical student’s knowledge and attitudes toward clinical death after teaching the philosophy of death. Poster presented at: Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Embark Capstone Colloquium; 2025 May; Rochester Hills, MI.

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The Embark Capstone Colloquium at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester Hills, MI, May, 2025.