title: Ethical and legal issues in end-of-life care: content of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium curriculum and teaching strategies.
abstract: The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) is a train-the-trainer educational program to help nursing faculty integrate care of dying patients and their families in the nursing curriculum. This article presents techniques derived from the ELNEC project regarding teaching the ethics module and the key content areas for developing ethical decision-making skills in end-of-life care. Competent end-of-life nursing care begins with an understanding of ethics and the potential affect on care of dying patients and their families.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts-Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. mmatzo@tui.edu
authors.forename: Marianne LaPorte
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Matzo
authors.forename: Deborah Witt
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Sherman
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nelson-Marten
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rhome
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grant
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004993:Ethics, Nursing / Q000193:education*; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000941:ethics; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011788:Quality of Life; D016414:Resuscitation Orders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics