Interdisciplinary Legal Studies

Interdisciplinary Legal Studies

Evaluation of Medical Students' Attitudes toward Legal and Ethical Principles of Modern Reproductive Methods in Guilan University of Medical Sciences in 2019

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.
2 M.A. Medical ethics and Law Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Background
The advent of assisted reproductive technologies has led to new perspectives in this area, both in law and religion. In 1978, with the first IVF operation, and in 1980, with the spread of the uterine rental phenomenon and the development of other assisted reproductive technologies over three decades, various techniques and methods to meet the need for reproduction came into being. However, the limits of the rules and the limits of this right have not yet been determined. The scope of these rights starts from the right to want or have a legitimate child and ends with the right to have a child in any way, and then ends with the right to choose the sex of the fetus. The aim of this study was to determine the attitudes of medical students about the legal and ethical principles of modern reproductive methods in Guilan University of Medical Sciences in 2019.
Materials and Methods
The study is analytical-cross-sectional. A randomized cluster sampling was used to assess the attitude of medical students. A total of 121 samples were obtained using a sample size formula. A total of each student was randomly sampled at a time, with a total of 138 participants. After collecting the questionnaires, the information was entered into SPSS software version 22 and using descriptive statistics, the relative frequency percentage, the level of attitude among students and the average attitude score was obtained. Then, a chi-square test was used to determine the level of mood and its relationship with age and sex, and a t-test was used to compare the student's academic level.
Ethical Considerations
Honesty and fidelity in writing the text have been observed.
Findings
The students 'attitude score is 53/5± 79/69, which according to the average score, it can be stated that the student's attitude towards the legal and moral principles of modern reproductive methods in Guilan University of Medical Sciences in 1398 was average. Also, there is no significant relationship between age group variables, educational levels, religion, and marriage with students' attitudes. (P> 0/05) and there is an important relationship between gender and student attitudes. (P=0/049).
Conclusion
The attitudes of interns and trainees involved in the study were not significantly correlated. Both spectrums had more than 85% poor attitudes. Information and medical education topics on ethical and legal issues of modern medical treatment methods were not enough. It is suggested that ethical and legal training in modern medical treatment methods be included in effective ways in academic courses, and workshops will be held to increase medical staff's moral and legal awareness.
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  • Receive Date 07 October 2024
  • Revise Date 09 November 2024
  • Accept Date 01 December 2024
  • First Publish Date 01 December 2024
  • Publish Date 01 January 2025