title: Why nurses must actively participate in the debate on assisted suicide: a symposium.
abstract: This article argues that nursing must undertake further careful study of assisted suicide. Nursing must determine the relationship of assisted suicide to its core values as an important condition for making beneficent, patient-centered clinical decisions as well as for participating in discussions that establish public policies and professional practice standards.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, California State University, Chico 95929-0740, USA.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zimbelman
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008119:Lobbying; D009726:Nurses; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States