Whose life is it anyway? An exploration of five contemporary ethical issues that pertain to the psychiatric nursing care of the person who is suicidal: Part one

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 236-245

  Cutcliffe, John R ^a,b,c,f   Links, Paul S ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^b Stenberg College   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Department of Biomedical and Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Body ownership; Ethics; Mental health nursing; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED SUICIDE; BURNOUT; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FREEDOM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NETHERLANDS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING THEORY; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSENSUS; MENTAL CAPACITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RIGHT TO DIE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; DOUBLE EFFECT; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL RELATIVISM; FREEDOM; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MORALS; NETHERLANDS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING THEORY; PATIENT RIGHTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CODES OF ETHICS; CONSENSUS; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RIGHT TO DIE;

EID: 46749140943     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2008.00539.x     Document Type: Review

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