title: AIDS, nursing, and physician-assisted suicide: Part 1.
abstract: Nurses who work in HIV/AIDS care often hold conflicting views about appropriate nursing roles in relation to physician-assisted suicide. Regardless of whether the individual nurse supports or opposes physician-assisted suicide, nurses in HIV/AIDS care need to have a broad knowledge base of the legal and ethical issues related to physician-assisted suicide. This article's main purpose is to provide nurses with the knowledge base they need to assist them in their work in clinical practice, education, policy development, and research.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Saunders
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000451:nursing*; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D009922:Oregon; D010166:Palliative Care; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology