Attitudes to euthanasia in ICUs and other hospital departments

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-327

  Tepehan, Selma ^a,c   Özkara, Erdem ^b   Yavuz, M Fatih ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Anestezi ve Reanimasyon Kliniǧi Yoǧun Bakim Ünitesi ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Assisted suicide; Euthanasia; Health staff; ICUs; Patient rights

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT RIGHT; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGHT TO DIE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT RIGHTS; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIGHT TO DIE; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TURKEY;

EID: 68149116119     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733009102693     Document Type: Article

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