title: [The attitude of students regarding human dignity].
abstract: Contemporary secular thinking concerning human dignity is discussed. The opinions of a great majority of 523 students (Medical Faculty, Masaryk University, Brno) do not agree with the suggestion that suffering and terminal illness can rob the patient of his dignity (as, e.g. Motion of European Parliament for a resolution on care of the terminally ill in 1991 suggested). On the contrary the students claim that it is necessary to fight against such possible feeling of patients and that this feeling might be brought about by disrespectful behaviour of medical staff. The question "Which ethics for bioethics" is discussed as well. Because of the existing pluralism in the actual moral and philosophical situation the values and principles which are proposed in bioethics are extremely diversified. The necessity of a philosophical point of view that justifies respect for human life and its dignity in all its aspects is pointed out.
authors.affiliation: Oddĕlení lékarské etiky LF MU, Brno.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Munzarová
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D018153:Czech Republic; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D013727:Terminal Care
vernacular_title: K postojům studentů k otázce lidské důstojnosti.