Assisted dying and nursing practice

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 367-374

  Schwarz, Judith Kennedy ^a,b,c,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Delta Zeta ^*  (United States)

^d Delta Zeta   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted dying; Ethical choices and conflicts; Nursing roles

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MODEL; NURSE; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RIGHT TO DIE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHICS, NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MODELS, NURSING; NURSES; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIGHT TO DIE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033252878     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1999.tb00522.x     Document Type: Article

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