title: AIDS, euthanasia and nursing.
abstract: Requests for euthanasia can pose a dilemma for nurses. Some of the arguments for and against euthanasia are presented here together with a summary of a study into the phenomenon of 'underground' euthanasia. These are considered in relation to the law and nursing ethics.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ogden
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000451:nursing*; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005065:Euthanasia; D033101:Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary; D033062:Friends; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D017236:Suicide, Assisted