BACKGROUND: Although nurses worldwide are confronted with euthanasia requests, how
nurses experience their involvement in euthanasia remains unclear. OBJECTIVES: To …

Background: Although nurses worldwide are confronted with euthanasia requests from
patients, the views of palliative care nurses on their involvement in euthanasia remain …

Abstract The Belgian Act on Euthanasia came into force on 23 September 2002, making
Belgium the second country—after the Netherlands—to decriminalize euthanasia under …

dierckx de casterlé b., denier y., de bal n. & gastmans c.(2010) Nursing care for patients
requesting euthanasia in general hospitals in Flanders, Belgium. Journal of Advanced …

Aims and objectives To explore how Flemish nurses working in hospitals and home care
experience their involvement in the care of patients requesting euthanasia 15 years after the …

Background. In debates on euthanasia legalization in Belgium, the voices of nurses were
scarcely heard. Yet studies have shown that nurses are involved in the caring process …

Objectives To give insight into Dutch nursing staff's attitudes and involvement regarding
euthanasia. Methods The sample was recruited from a nation-wide existent research panel …

This study explored nurses' involvement in the care process for mentally competent,
terminally ill patients requesting euthanasia in general hospitals in Flanders, Belgium. In …

BACKGROUND: Nurses have an important role in caring for terminally ill patients. They are
also often involved in euthanasia. However, little is known about their attitudes towards it …

Aim. This paper reports the findings of a survey that investigated whether Flemish Catholic
hospitals and nursing homes had developed written ethics policies on euthanasia and how …