Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: Knowledge, attitudes and experiences of nurses in Andalusia (Spain)

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 677-691

  Tamayo Velázquez, María Isabel ^a   Simón Lorda, Pablo ^a   Cruz Piqueras, Maite ^a  

^a ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

Author keywords

attitudes; end of life; euthanasia; experiences; Nurses; physician assisted suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

ETHICS, NURSING; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSES; SPAIN; SUICIDE, ASSISTED;

EID: 84866547118     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733011436203     Document Type: Article

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