title: Euthanasia.
abstract: Nurses are often involved in situations associated with euthanasia. Examples may include removal of life-supporting devices, "do-not-resuscitate" orders and the prescribing of large potentially lethal doses of narcotics or sedatives. The result of such situations is that physicians order "euthanasia-like" procedures that nurses comply with. Thus nurses must confront euthanasia issues and related implications for nursing practice from a legal and ethical perspective.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sanchez-Sweatman
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005065:Euthanasia / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans