Euthanasia in Nursing

Euthanasia is a term derived from Greek. eu means "good", thanko means "death". In general, euthanasia means to deliberately end life started by those who desire suicide. However, since euthanasia has many meanings, there are several terms to define and distinguish between various types of euthanasia. For example, passive euthanasia is changing the form of support to accelerate human death by eliminating life support or not providing CPR.

Using the Pubmed database and the Cinahl database, a combination of "euthanasia", "nurse", "care", "attitude", "opinion", "opinion", and "opinion", from 1966 to 2003 I will find scholarly publications published up to. Features 1) Euthanasia is defined as the administration of a deadly drug which clearly intended to shorten the patient's life according to the explicit request of the patient, and 2) the focus was on the nurse's Attitude, 3) English, French or Dutch publications

Discussion about euthanasia continues to exist around the world, attitudes of nurses are becoming increasingly important. To euthanize, the doctor needs to discuss with the care team about the patient's request. This is consistent with the findings of Van der Heide et al., Among the six countries being studied in Europe, Belgium has the highest treatment rate (57%) in nursing decision making, and the nurse Which is the center position.

Empirical studies have shown that international nurses are involved in euthanasia, but little is known about the clinical / moral reality behind nurse's attitude toward euthanasia. This article provides a comprehensive analysis of empirical literature on nurse's attitude toward euthanasia. Focus is on the complexity of nurse 's attitude content and the contextual complexity faced by nurses in forming attitudes. Using the Pubmed database and the Cinahl database, a combination of "euthanasia", "nurse", "care", "attitude", "opinion", "opinion", and "opinion", from 1966 to 2003 I will find scholarly publications published up to. Feature"