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Assisted suicide: How nurses should respond
Author(s) -
Scanlon Colleen
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international nursing review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1466-7657
pISSN - 0020-8132
DOI - 10.1046/j.1466-7657.45.no.5issue341.8.x
Subject(s) - harm , obligation , assisted suicide , nursing , moral obligation , suicide prevention , health care , health professionals , medicine , reversing , psychology , poison control , political science , medical emergency , psychiatry , social psychology , law , materials science , composite material
However compassionate the motives behind assisted suicide initiatives, the risks and harm for patients, health professionals and the public are too great. The moral and professional challenge should not revolve around assisted suicide but be directed at reversing the dying person's despair and fulfilling the obligation to provide competent and committed care to the dying.