A National Survey of Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the United States

Meier, Diane E.; Emmons, Carol-Ann; Wallenstein, Sylvan; Quill, Timothy A.; Morrison, Sean; Cassel, Christine K.

doi:10.1097/00132586-199904000-00012

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“…Questionnaire selection was based on previous validated studies [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] and was contingent on language (French or English) and variations of questions between them. In previous studies, [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] questionnaires were mostly based on the original Dutch study.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…[5][6][7][8] Studies were also conducted in Belgium, both before 9,10 and after 11,12 the Belgian Act on Euthanasia 13 was adopted. Other countries with restrictive policies regarding the intentional use of lethal drugs have also succeeded in collecting such data (Australia, 14 Denmark, 10 France, 15 Italy, 10 the United Kingdom, 16,17 the United States, 18 New Zealand 19 and Sweden 10 ), with response rates ranging from 40% to 62%. It thus seems feasible to study various medical end-of-life practices, regardless of their legal status.…”

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Medical end-of-life practices among Canadian physicians: a pilot study

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Medical end-of-life practices among Canadian physicians: a pilot study

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“…Seven units specialize in the care of seriously ill children. 24 G eneral medical studies [1][2][3][4] have indicated that end-of-life decisions with a possible or certain life-shortening effect are common in medical practice. Examples include decisions to withhold or withdraw potentially life-sustaining treatments, decisions to intensify pain and/or symptom alleviation with a possible lifeshortening side effect, and decisions to administer drugs explicitly intended to hasten death.…”

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Medical End-of-Life Decisions: Experiences and Attitudes of Belgian Pediatric Intensive Care Nurses

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Bilsen²,

Pereth³

et al. 2009

American Journal of Critical Care

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Objective To investigate Belgian pediatric intensive care nurses' involvement in and attitudes toward medical end-of-life decisions with a possible or certain life-shortening effect. Methods Questionnaires were distributed to 141 nurses working in 5 of the 7 pediatric intensive care units in Belgium. Nurses were asked to recall the last child in their care whose treatment involved an end-of-life decision and to describe anonymously their involvement in the decision. Attitudes were ascertained by means of statements and a Likert scale. Results Questionnaires were completed by 89 nurses (63%). During the preceding 2 years, 76 (85%) had cared for at least 1 child for whom a medical end-of-life decision had been made. Nurses were involved in initiating the decision in 17% of cases, participated in decision making in 50%, and played a role in carrying out the decision in 90%. Only 6% of nurses found it always ethically wrong to hasten the death of a child by administering lethal drugs; most nurses (78%) reported they were prepared to cooperate in administering life-ending drugs in some cases. Most (89%) favored adapting the law, making life termination of children legally possible in certain cases. Conclusions Belgian pediatric intensive care nurses are often involved in carrying out medical end-of-life decisions, including administration of life-ending drugs, whereas their participation in decision making is more limited. Most think that the current euthanasia law should be extended to minors so that administering life-ending drugs would be possible for terminally ill children in specific circumstances.

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“…Patient care is affected by attitudes and behaviors driven by religious and spiritual beliefs (Ganzini, Johnston, McFarland, Tolle, & Lee, 1998;Meier et al, 1998). Spiritual beliefs affect health beliefs (Furnham, 1994) and some clinical studies have identified potential links between spirituality and success of medical treatment (King, Speck, & Thomas, 1994).…”

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