Israeli critical care nurses’ attitudes toward physician-assisted dying

‘We are (not) the master of our body’: elderly Jewish women's attitudes towards euthanasia and assisted suicide

“…Quantitative studies among (mainly but not exclusively) Jewish nurses (Musgrave et al 2001, DeKeyser Ganz andMusgrave 2006) and nursing students (Margalith et al 2003) endorse our findings that (the degree of) religiosity plays a significant role in (dis)approving active termination of life. Wenger and Carmel (2004) surveyed Jewish physicians to describe the relationship between religiosity and end-of-life care.…”

“…This was endorsed by DeKeyser Ganz and Musgrave's (2006) findings in a study among Israeli nurses. Yet, in their study, they stressed the predominantly secular Jewish character of their sample.…”

“…Moreover, they must realise that giving attention to a patient's religious or ideological identity may not be restricted to offering spiritual guidance. Indeed, religion and world view might play an important influential role in dealing with illness and making concrete medical decisions (at the end of life) (Carmel and Mutran 1997, Leichtentritt and Rettig 1999, Ejaz 2000, Musgrave et al 2001, Margalith et al 2003, Wenger and Carmel 2004, DeKeyser Ganz and Musgrave 2006, Coleman et al 2007, ColemanBrueckheimer et al 2009, Gielen et al 2009b.…”

Religion and Nurses' Attitudes To Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide

“…Another explanation for the generally supportive attitude towards euthanasia among Jewish respondents may be the huge presence of secular and barely observant Jewish nurses. 27,28 In western countries in general, not only in Israel, many nurses may feel free to determine their own attitude towards euthanasia and assisted suicide, even if this runs against the teachings of their church or religious or ideological authorities. This would be in line with the findings by Dobbelaere and Voyé, 1 who observed that, in contemporary western society, there is a discrepancy between the religious group among which people count themselves and the way they construct their world view.…”

Attitudes towards euthanasia among Greek intensive care unit physicians and nurses

“…The voices of nurses are scarcely heard. 5,6 The objective of this study was to investigate the attitudes of Greek ICU medical and nursing staff towards euthanasia, and to evaluate the possible association of these attitudes with sociodemographic and professional variables.…”