Little is known about how nurses understand and respond to patient requests for assistance
in dying (AID). In this inquiry, AID included either assisted suicide or active euthanasia. This …

Purpose: To explore how nurses experience and respond to patients' requests for
assistance in dying (AID). Design and Methods: A phenomenological study of 10 self …

Little is known about how American nurses understand and respond to requests made by
decisionally capable patients for assistance in dying. This article is based on a broader …

Nurses are in a strategic position to meet the needs of the dying patient. However, when
confronted with death, nurses often utilize avoidance behaviors, such as: tending to the …

Other people have trouble handling my job. They try to pigeonhole me into a back corner of
their minds so my presence and what I represent won't be so obvious. I hear things like …

This interpretive phenomenological study intended to examine how nurses make meaning
of their experiences of requests for assisted suicide by terminally ill patients. Narrative …

Background: The 2016 legalization of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) was a landmark
event in Canada. For the first time in our country's history, healthcare providers are legally …

September 29, 2022 Nurses need clear policies and guidelines to give them confidence
when dealing with assisted dying requests. Since the legislation came into effect in …

Purpose: Nurses' views are often solicited about physician‐assisted dying, a concept that
incorporates both assisted suicide and active euthanasia. Yet nurses are rarely asked about …

Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) represents a historic change in Canadian society and
the provision of end‐of‐life care. In this descriptive narrative inquiry, 17 nurses were …