Euthanasia - Psychology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Attitudes to euthanasia in ICUs and other hospital departments.

29 Apr 2009 The aim of this study was to reveal doctors' and nurses' attitudes to euthanasia in intensive care units and surgical, internal medicine and paediatric units in Turkey. A total of 205 doctors and 206 nurses working in several hospitals in Istanbul ... Read more...

Religion and nurses' attitudes to euthanasia and physician assisted suicide.

29 Apr 2009 In this review of empirical studies we aimed to assess the influence of religion and world view on nurses' attitudes towards euthanasia and physician assisted suicide. We searched PubMed for articles published before August 2008 using combinations ... Read more...

French hospital nurses' opinion about euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a national phone survey.

30 Mar 2009 BACKGROUND: Hospital nurses are frequently the first care givers to receive a patient's request for euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide (PAS). In France, there is no consensus over which medical practices should be considered euthanasia, and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Euthanasia - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Attitudes to euthanasia in ICUs and other hospital departments. 29 Apr 2009
• Religion and nurses' attitudes to euthanasia and physician assisted suicide. 29 Apr 2009
• French hospital nurses' opinion about euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a national phone survey. 30 Mar 2009
• Opinions of private medical practitioners in Bloemfontein, South Africa, regarding euthanasia of terminally ill patients. 27 Feb 2009
• Medical end-of-life decisions: experiences and attitudes of Belgian pediatric intensive care nurses. 27 Feb 2009
• Attitudes toward euthanasia: implications for social work practice. 30 Jan 2009
• Attitudes of Flemish secondary school students towards euthanasia and other end-of-life decisions in minors. 12 Jan 2009
• The last wish of a patient with end stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 6 Dec 2008
• Depression and assisted dying. Euthanasia and depression: no surprise. 9 Nov 2008
• Assisted dying: what it really means. 29 Sep 2008
• Assisted dying: what it really means. 29 Sep 2008
• Assisted dying: what it really means. 29 Sep 2008
• [Euthanasia: medications and medical procedures] 30 Aug 2008
• Dying cancer patients talk about euthanasia. 30 Jul 2008
• Assisted dying: no change in the law is necessary. 30 Jul 2008
• Assisted dying: a time for change. 30 Jul 2008
• Some thoughts related to the ethical seduction of the analytic encounter: a commentary on 'a man who was tied up'. 30 May 2008
• Euthanasia and assisted suicide in Dutch hospitals: the role of nurses. 30 May 2008
• ["Putting in place the right to live with dignity, until the end." Interview by Sylvie Warnet] 29 Apr 2008
• Resolving ethical dilemmas using debates. 29 Apr 2008

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Technical information about 'Euthanasia'

Definition: The act or practice of killing or allowing death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th ed)

Descriptor UI: D005065

Alternative terms: Euthanasia; Mercy Killing; Killing, Mercy; Killings, Mercy; Mercy Killings; Involuntary Euthanasia; Euthanasia, Involuntary;

Related Mesh Headings: Right to Die; Suicide, Assisted; Bioethical Issues;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; history; psychology; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; legislation & jurisprudence;

Tree Number: E02.760.905.199; I01.880.735.344.500; N02.421.585.905.199;

Technical Notes: HUMAN only; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL is available for animals; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE and EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE are also available