Abstract: To scientifically identify factors influencing death attitudes of medical students, and provide a basis for further carrying out life education for medical students in medical universities. From June to August 2024, 15 medical students enrolled in a medical university were used to collect data using semi-structured interviews to diagnose and identify the factors influencing medical students′ attitudes towards death through the phenomenological Colaizzi′s 7-step data analysis method. The analysis and extracted the influencing factors of medical students′ death attitudes include three main genera, embodied factors, situational factors, and interaction factors. Embodied factors include self-conscious physical and mental health, self-control, and positive psychological emotions. Situational factors include traditional culture, campus cultural atmosphere, online media environment, the experience of the death of friends or relatives around the individual. Interaction factors include teacher-student interaction within the school, individual-family interaction, and individual-peer interaction. The death attitude of medical students is formed by multiple and complex factors. Higher medical schools should pay attention to the actual needs of medical students, integrate excellent traditional culture into life education programs, create a good campus cultural atmosphere, and encourage medical students to participate in life-related academic activities.

Key words: Students,medical, Death attitude, Life education, Influencing factors