Dutch nurses' attitudes towards euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-198

  Van Bruchem Van De Scheur, Ada ^a   Van Der Arena, Arie ^a   Van Wijmen, Frans ^a   Abu Saad, Huda Huijer ^b   Ter Meulen, Ruud ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Decision making; Euthanasia; Nurses; Physician assisted suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS COMMITTEES; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SUICIDE, ASSISTED;

EID: 40449109943     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733007086016     Document Type: Article

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