Dutch Nurses' Attitudes Towards Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

Scheur, Ada van Bruchem-van de; Arend, Arie van der; Wijmen, Frans van; Abu‐Saad, Huda Huijer; Meulen, Ruud ter

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“…This is the first qualitative study exploring the involvement of nurses in the care process for patients requesting euthanasia in general hospitals in Flanders since the passage of euthanasia legislation in Belgium. Unlike Dutch research on nurses’ involvement in euthanasia care in legal contexts, which is predominantly quantitative (van Bruchem‐van de Scheur et al. 2007, 2008a, 2008b, 2008c), the qualitative design of this study enabled us to reach a rich and refined account of nurses’ involvement in euthanasia care.…”

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Nursing care for patients requesting euthanasia in general hospitals in Flanders, Belgium

Casterlé¹,

Denier²,

Bal³

et al. 2010

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Nursing care for patients requesting euthanasia in general hospitals in Flanders, Belgium

Casterlé¹,

Denier²,

Bal³

et al. 2010

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…These nurses have a very important role, which is not simply limited to assist the doctor while they are administering life-terminating drugs. The nurse's involvement begins when the patient requests to be euthanized and ends by supporting the patient's relatives, as well as the health care team after a potential life-terminating procedure [28] . It is important for them to be open minded, use palliative techniques, such as pain management, and to understand the context of the patient's decision-making process.…”

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The attitude of Greek student nurses toward euthanasia

Bakalis

Filippia

Maria

et al. 2013

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Purpose: Although the focus, on euthanasia, is often exclusively on the involvement of physicians, the involvement of nurses is also given much attention. The aim of the research was to determine and compare the attitude of Greek student nurses toward euthanasia throughout the duration of pre-registration nursing education. Design:Descriptive study was used in order to determine and compare the attitude of Greek student nurses toward euthanasia. Method:A valid and modified questionnaire was used, the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying (FATCOD), for data collection. The sample constituted of 599 students. Results:The majority of students evaluated their knowledge in euthanasia as 'low'. Most students report that the nursing education prepares them from 'few' to 'not at all' for euthanasia. The students were negative about the legalisation of euthanasia in Greece. The most important factors that influence their decision about euthanasia were patients' decision, the department protocols and personal belief. Discussion and Conclusions:Although the cultural context is a significant issue in euthanasia, nurses professional rights in Greece should be modified and the educational programs need to be added with courses which will provide students nurses with stimuli and critical thinking abilities.Implications for Practice: Nurses should have the appropriate scientific and moral knowledge and skills to cope with the complicated and continuous clinical-ethical dilemmas.

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“…In these 'empirical-ethical studies', certain aspects of the empirical findings are linked to the ethical debate in order to demonstrate their contributions to normative reasoning. While the combination of normative reasoning and empirical research in some of these studies takes place against the background of specific concepts of empirical ethics [6-9], other studies do not aim at a systematic connection between their empirical data and the underlying normative questions (see, for example, [10,11]).…”

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Empirical research in medical ethics: How conceptual accounts on normative-empirical collaboration may improve research practice

2012

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BackgroundThe methodology of medical ethics during the last few decades has shifted from a predominant use of normative-philosophical analyses to an increasing involvement of empirical methods. The articles which have been published in the course of this so-called 'empirical turn' can be divided into conceptual accounts of empirical-normative collaboration and studies which use socio-empirical methods to investigate ethically relevant issues in concrete social contexts.DiscussionA considered reference to normative research questions can be expected from good quality empirical research in medical ethics. However, a significant proportion of empirical studies currently published in medical ethics lacks such linkage between the empirical research and the normative analysis. In the first part of this paper, we will outline two typical shortcomings of empirical studies in medical ethics with regard to a link between normative questions and empirical data: (1) The complete lack of normative analysis, and (2) cryptonormativity and a missing account with regard to the relationship between 'is' and 'ought' statements. Subsequently, two selected concepts of empirical-normative collaboration will be presented and how these concepts may contribute to improve the linkage between normative and empirical aspects of empirical research in medical ethics will be demonstrated. Based on our analysis, as well as our own practical experience with empirical research in medical ethics, we conclude with a sketch of concrete suggestions for the conduct of empirical research in medical ethics.SummaryHigh quality empirical research in medical ethics is in need of a considered reference to normative analysis. In this paper, we demonstrate how conceptual approaches of empirical-normative collaboration can enhance empirical research in medical ethics with regard to the link between empirical research and normative analysis.

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Dutch Nurses' Attitudes Towards Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

Cited by 30 publications

References 10 publications

Nursing care for patients requesting euthanasia in general hospitals in Flanders, Belgium

Nursing care for patients requesting euthanasia in general hospitals in Flanders, Belgium

The attitude of Greek student nurses toward euthanasia

Empirical research in medical ethics: How conceptual accounts on normative-empirical collaboration may improve research practice

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