Aid-in-dying: issues and implications for nursing

J Prof Nurs. 1990 Sep-Oct;6(5):258-64. doi: 10.1016/s8755-7223(05)80105-x.

Abstract

A debate format describes questions arising from the Model Aid-in-Dying Act, drafted at the University of Iowa's College of Law, and the implications for nurses. The Act allows patients or their named surrogates to demand or request active aid-in-dying. The Act requires nurses and other health care providers to comply with the qualified patient's demand unless the health care provider is a registered conscientious objector.

MeSH terms

  • Ethics, Nursing
  • Euthanasia / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Euthanasia, Active*
  • Euthanasia, Passive
  • Humans
  • Informed Consent / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Iowa
  • Nurse-Patient Relations
  • Nursing Care / methods*
  • Parental Consent
  • Patient Rights
  • Personal Autonomy
  • Risk Assessment
  • Social Values
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Value of Life
  • Withholding Treatment*