Dutch Nurses' Attitudes Towards Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

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 Nethe...

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Authors: van Bruchem-van de Scheur, Ada (Author) ; van der Arend, Arie (Author) ; van Wijmen, Frans (Author) ; Abu-Saad, Huda Huijer (Author) ; ter Meulen, Ruud (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Sage 2008
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2008, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 186-198
Further subjects:B Decision Making
B physician-assisted suicide
B Nurses
B Attitudes
B Euthanasia
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