Date of Graduation
12-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Department
Nursing
Advisor/Mentor
VanWinkle, Holly
Committee Member/Reader
Hale, Cathy
Abstract
Physician-assisted suicide, or PAS, is end-of-life option in which patients self-administer physician-prescribed lethal medication to end their life. Nurses' own interpretations and understandings of the legalities, ethical dilemmas, and factors that influence their attitudes can be analyzed to determine the nurses’ role in the support or opposition of the practice. Although nurses do not have an active role in PAS, they play a pivotal role in patient advocacy and education. This paper analyzes the factors that contribute to nurses’ attitudes toward the practice, along with the benefits of education of this topic going forth.
Keywords
physician-assisted death, euthanasia, healthcare, education, ethics, assisted dying
Citation
Lowrey-LaGrone, C. S. (2020). Nurses' Attitudes Toward Physician-Assisted Suicide. The Eleanor Mann School of Nursing Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/nursuht/124