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<journal-id>1812-9528</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Memorias del Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Mem. Inst. Investig. Cienc. Salud]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1812-9528</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1812-95282018000300058</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/mem.iics/1812-9528/2018.016(03)58-065</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Conocimiento y percepción sobre eutanasia en estudiantes de medicina de diecisiete países latinoamericanos, 2017]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Knowledge and perception about euthanasia in medical students from seventeen Latin American countries, 2017]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rios-González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos Miguel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[De Benedictis-Serrano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ginno Alessandro]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Córdova-Rivas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Génesys José]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Contreras-Romero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Lucía]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Contreras-Lugo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Laura Valentina]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nihon Gakko Dirección de Investigación ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Fernando de la Mora ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Carabobo Sede Aragua Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Venezuela</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>16</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>58</fpage>
<lpage>65</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1812-95282018000300058&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1812-95282018000300058&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1812-95282018000300058&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El objetivo fue determinar el conocimiento y la percepción de la eutanasia en los estudiantes de medicina de diecisiete países de Latinoamérica durante el 2017. Se realizó un estudio observacional descriptivo de corte transversal con componente analítico y con muestreo no probabilístico por conveniencia, el instrumento fue un cuestionario validado por expertos y una prueba piloto. Se utilizaron las medidas de tendencia central, dispersión y proporciones, para la comparación de los grupos se consideró una p&lt;0,05 como significativa. Fueron incluidos 3924 estudiantes de medicina de 17 países latinoamericanos. El 69,05%(2709) era de sexo femenino, el 93,91%(3684) de los estudiantes conocía sobre la eutanasia, y el 70,97% (2784) se encontraba a favor de la eutanasia. El 53,49% (115) de los estudiantes con un rango etario de 20 a 24 años desconocía la eutanasia (p=0,000), el 65,95% (1836) de los estudiantes que estaba en el rango etario de 20 a 24 años estaba a favor de la eutanasia (p=0,000), mientras que el 64% (576) de los de sexo femenino estaban en contra (p=0,000). La gran mayoría de los estudiantes tenía conocimiento sobre la eutanasia y la mayor parte de los estudiantes tenían una percepción a favor. Existía una asociación estadísticamente significativa entre el conocimiento, la edad y los años de estudio, y a su vez una asociación estadísticamente significativa entre la percepción, la edad, el sexo y los años de estudio.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The objective was to determine the knowledge and perception of euthanasia in medical students from seventeen Latin American countries during 2017. A cross-sectional descriptive observational study with an analytical component and non-probabilistic convenience sampling was carried out. The instrument was a questionnaire validated by experts and a pilot test. The measures of central tendency, dispersion and proportions were used for the comparison of the groups and a p&lt;0.05 was considered as significant. Of the total number, 3,924 medical students from seventeen Latin American countries were included. The 69.05% (2,709) was female, 93.91% (3,684) of the students knew about euthanasia, and 70.97% (2,784) was in favor of euthanasia. The 53.49% (115) of the students with an age range of 20 to 24 years were unaware of euthanasia (p=0.000), 65.95% (1,836) of the students with a range of ages of 20 to 24 years were in favor of euthanasia (p = 0.000), while 64% (576) of females were against it (p = 0.000). The majority of the students had knowledge about euthanasia and most students had a perception in favor. There was a statistically significant association between knowledge, age and years of study, and also a statistically significant association between perception, age, sex and years of study.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[euthanasia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[medicine students]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[bioethical discussions]]></kwd>
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