Is there a death with dignity in today's medicine?

This paper deliberates on one of the all-time issues in philosophy, theology, (bio)ethics and medicine, that is, the issue of death and dying, placing it in a contemporary context. Namely, contemporary medicine with its expanding knowledge in the field of biomedical science and technology, requires a new approach in determination of its goals. Nowadays, more than ever, these goals need a revision from an interdisciplinary point of view.

Influence of the "Rijeka model" of bioethics education on attitudes of medical students towards death and dying--a cross sectional study.

The aim of this study was to assess attitude towards euthanasia, and the influence of socio-demographic data and death education carried out through the "Rijeka model" of bioethics education for the first-year medical students of the School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia. The cross-sectional study was conducted in the academic year 20031 2004. 124 (61% female) participants were surveyed by using an anonymous questionnaire before and after training.