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Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia's impact on the frail elderly
 — the perspective of a hospice nurse
Author(s)Barbara DiCicco-Bloom
Journal titleThe Journal of Long Term Home Health Care : the PRIDE Institute Journal, vol 17, no 3, Summer 1998
Pagespp 42-50
KeywordsEuthanasia ; Terminal care ; Attitude ; Nurses ; Terminal care ; United States of America.
AnnotationAssisted suicide is defined as providing, at patients' requests, the means for them to end their own lives. Arguments favouring assisted suicide are presented, which have been influenced by the author's education and nursing philosophy, and her personal experiences with the terminally ill as a home care and hospice nurse. This article reviews the effect of religion and culture on the development of negative attitudes about assisted suicide in the US. The author concludes that end-of-life choices should be no different to those which we make throughout our lives: we all deserve to be respected and supported in our individual decisions. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-980903215 A
ClassmarkCY: LV: DP: QTE: LV: 7T

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