Guilty but good: Defending voluntary active euthanasia from a virtue perspective

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 434-445

  Begley, Ann Marie ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Codes; Ethics; Euthanasia; Medicine; Nursing; Virtue

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; EMPATHY; ETHICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RIGHT TO DIE; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

CODES OF ETHICS; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EMPATHY; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; MORALS; NORTHERN IRELAND; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RIGHT TO DIE; VIRTUES;

EID: 46149090378     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733008090514     Document Type: Article

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