… The aim of this article is to explore and extend the concept of death competence. Following
a historical review of the literature, including development of the ADEC Code of Ethics (2006)…

… English law prohibits anyone from actively bringing about anyone else’s death: the Suicide
Act 1961 decriminalised suicide (s. 1), but intentionally encouraging or assisting someone …

… self-competence and minimize the negative impacts that death work may … developed to
measure self-competence in death work. Therefore, this … Death competence: an ethical imperative …

When the Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) went into effect on December 1, 1991, a new
right was bestowed uniformly on all Americans, the right to determine the kinds of care that …

… suffering and deaths. It is argued that doing so has now become both an ethical and
professional imperative. Given the challenge of this issue, it is also simply the right thing to do. …

… poses some risk of hastening a patient’s death. The professional imperative to mitigate
suffering justifies some risk of hastening death. The matter is analogous to a risky open-heart …

… Although education was key in positioning the patient for a good death, relationships
between the nurse, patient, and family were also imperative as described by Leslie: …

… what legal-ethical standards are used and how they are applied. In addition, the author
reviewed the literature on children’s understanding of death and competence to participate in …

… to permit death with dignity or, at least, death without … sense dictated that the lifesaving
imperative sometimes be relaxed. … What criteria govern conduct which will lead to the death of a …

… , with thanks for fourteen years as a friend and colleague in which we have together rethought
the ethics of life and death. … Technology creates an imperative: 'If we can do it, we will do it'. …