Aid-in-dying: issues and implications for nursing.
A debate format describes questions arising from the Model Aid-in-Dying Act, drafted at the University of Iowa's College of Law, and the implications for nurses. The Act allows patients or their named surrogates to demand or request active aid-in-dying. The Act requires nurses and other health care providers to comply with the qualified patient's demand unless the health care provider is a registered conscientious objector.
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College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242.
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D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005065:Euthanasia / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028601:Euthanasia, Active; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007484:Iowa; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods*; D033282:Parental Consent; D028701:Patient Rights; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012945:Social Values; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D026712:Value of Life; D028761:Withholding Treatment