The right-to-die and the duty-to-die: Perceptions of nurses in the West and in Japan

International Nursing Review

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-28

  Konishi, Emiko ^a   Davis, A J ^a  

^a NAGANO COLLEGE OF NURSING   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distributive justice; Duty to die; Family; Japanese nurses; Right to die; Western nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGHT TO DIE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, NURSING; EUROPE; FACULTY, NURSING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIGHT TO DIE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0035290286     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-7657.2001.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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