Dutch nurses' attitudes towards euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide

被引：23

作者：

van Bruchem-van de Scheur, Ada ^{[1
]}

van der Arend, Arie ^{[1
]}

van Wijmen, Frans ^{[1
]}

Abu-Saad, Huda Huijer ^{[2
]}

ter Meulen, Ruud ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Maastricht Univ, Dept Hlth Eth & Soc, NL-6200 MD Maastricht, Netherlands

[2] Amer Univ Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

[3] Univ Bristol, Bristol, Avon, England

来源：

NURSING ETHICS | 2008年 / 15卷 / 02期

关键词：

attitudes; decision making; euthanasia; nurses; physician-assisted suicide;

D O I：

10.1177/0969733007086016

中图分类号：

B82 [伦理学（道德学）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

This article presents the attitudes of nurses towards three issues concerning their role in euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 1509 nurses who were employed in hospitals, home care organizations and nursing homes. The study was conducted in the Netherlands between January 2001 and August 2004. The results show that less than half (45%) of nurses would be willing to serve on committees reviewing cases of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. More than half of the nurses (58.2%) found it too far-reaching to oblige physicians to consult a nurse in the decision-making process. The majority of the nurses stated that preparing euthanatics (62.9%) and inserting an infusion needle to administer the euthanatics (54.1%) should not be accepted as nursing tasks. The findings are discussed in the context of common practices and policies in the Netherlands, and a recommendation is made not to include these three issues in new regulations on the role of nurses in euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.

引用

页码：186 / 198

页数：13

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