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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify Health department students’ knowledge, attitude and good death awareness toward advance medical directives and factors influencing their attitude. Methods: The study was a descriptive survey, carried out on 128 students from three different Health majors. Students’ knowledge of and attitudes towards advance medical directives and good death awareness were measured using structured self-reporting questionnaires. Results: The influence factors emerged in order of importance good death awareness (ß=.37, p<.001), legal knowledge of advance medical directives (ß=-.24, p=.002), gender (ß=.15, p=.002), with an explanatory power of 25.3% (F=11.61, p<.001). Conclusions: The results of this study provide basic data the development of good death awareness of educational programs advance medical directives for university Health major students.