Ethical and legal issues in end-of-life care: content of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium curriculum and teaching strategies

J Nurses Staff Dev. 2004 Mar-Apr;20(2):59-66; quiz 67-8. doi: 10.1097/00124645-200403000-00001.

Abstract

The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) is a train-the-trainer educational program to help nursing faculty integrate care of dying patients and their families in the nursing curriculum. This article presents techniques derived from the ELNEC project regarding teaching the ethics module and the key content areas for developing ethical decision-making skills in end-of-life care. Competent end-of-life nursing care begins with an understanding of ethics and the potential affect on care of dying patients and their families.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Curriculum*
  • Education, Nursing / methods
  • Education, Nursing / organization & administration*
  • Ethics, Nursing / education*
  • Euthanasia, Passive / ethics
  • Euthanasia, Passive / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Humans
  • Medical Futility / ethics
  • Palliative Care / ethics
  • Palliative Care / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Quality of Life
  • Resuscitation Orders / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Teaching / methods*
  • Terminal Care / ethics*
  • Terminal Care / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • United States
  • Withholding Treatment / ethics