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

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

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 …

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 …

In ethical debates about euthanasia, the focus is often exclusively on the involvement of
physicians and the involvement of nurses is seldom given much attention. Yet nurses …

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 …

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 …

Objectives: To assess French district nurses' opinions towards euthanasia and to study
factors associated with these opinions, with emphasis on attitudes towards terminal patients …

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 …

This article provides an overview of the scarce international literature concerning nurses'
attitudes to euthanasia. Studies show large differences with respect to the percentage of …