Active Euthanasia Research Paper
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Context of the Review
Virginia Henderson defines nursing as "primarily helping people (sick or well) in the performance of those activities contributing to health, or its recovery (or to a peaceful death)..."(Henderson, 1977 get source for this). Euthanasia has been, for many years the subject of heated debate in the healthcare and legal arena, and the Netherlands ' decriminalization of the act and the State of Oregon 's passage of the Death with Dignity act, have served to add fuel to the fiery debate (van Bruchem-van de Scheu, van der Arend, van Wijmen, Huijer Abu-Saad, & ter Meulen, 2008). Since the enactment of this act in 1997, deaths associated with this act have increased from 16- in 1998- to 71, in 2001. These …show more content…
In active euthanasia, death is achieved through the deliberate actions of another, such as when a doctor administers a lethal dose of Morphine at the patient 's request. In passive euthanasia, death occurs as a result of the decision to not take action such as in a do not resuscitate order (4). In physician-assisted suicide, a doctor provides the means by which the patient will take his or her life (vicki lachman, Physicain assisted suicide: compassionate release or murder). Henceforth, the term euthanasia will be used in reference to active …show more content…
(2012). Death with Dignity Act 2011. In Oregon.gov. Retrieved September 14, 2012, from http://public.health.oregon.gov/ProviderPartnerResources/EvaluationResearch/DeathwithDignityAct/Documents/year14.pdf van Bruchem-van de Scheu, A., van der Arend, A., van Wijmen, F., Huijer Abu-Saad, H., & ter Meulen, R. (2008). Dutch Nurses’ Attitudes Towards Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide [Electronic version]. Nursing Ethics, 5(2), 186-198.
Furneaux, B. (2005, September 17). Theory of Planned Behavior. In Applachian State University. Retrieved September 16, 2012, from http://www.istheory.yorku.ca/theoryofplannedbehavior.htm
Kitchener, B. (1998, January). Nurse charasteristics and Attitudes to Active Voluntary Euthanasia: A survey in the Australian Capital Territory. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 28(1), 70-76. Retrieved September 10, 2012, from EBSCOhost.
Gielen, J., van den Branden, S., & Broeckaert, B. (2009, May). Religion and Nurses ' Attitudes to Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide [Electronic version]. Nursing Ethics, 16(3), 303-318.
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Context of the Review
Virginia Henderson defines nursing as "primarily helping people (sick or well) in the performance of those activities contributing to health, or its recovery (or to a peaceful death)..."(Henderson, 1977 get source for this). Euthanasia has been, for many years the subject of heated debate in the healthcare and legal arena, and the Netherlands ' decriminalization of the act and the State of Oregon 's passage of the Death with Dignity act, have served to add fuel to the fiery debate (van Bruchem-van de Scheu, van der Arend, van Wijmen, Huijer Abu-Saad, & ter Meulen, 2008). Since the enactment of this act in 1997, deaths associated with this act have increased from 16- in 1998- to 71, in 2001. These …show more content…
In active euthanasia, death is achieved through the deliberate actions of another, such as when a doctor administers a lethal dose of Morphine at the patient 's request. In passive euthanasia, death occurs as a result of the decision to not take action such as in a do not resuscitate order (4). In physician-assisted suicide, a doctor provides the means by which the patient will take his or her life (vicki lachman, Physicain assisted suicide: compassionate release or murder). Henceforth, the term euthanasia will be used in reference to active …show more content…
(2012). Death with Dignity Act 2011. In Oregon.gov. Retrieved September 14, 2012, from http://public.health.oregon.gov/ProviderPartnerResources/EvaluationResearch/DeathwithDignityAct/Documents/year14.pdf van Bruchem-van de Scheu, A., van der Arend, A., van Wijmen, F., Huijer Abu-Saad, H., & ter Meulen, R. (2008). Dutch Nurses’ Attitudes Towards Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide [Electronic version]. Nursing Ethics, 5(2), 186-198.
Furneaux, B. (2005, September 17). Theory of Planned Behavior. In Applachian State University. Retrieved September 16, 2012, from http://www.istheory.yorku.ca/theoryofplannedbehavior.htm
Kitchener, B. (1998, January). Nurse charasteristics and Attitudes to Active Voluntary Euthanasia: A survey in the Australian Capital Territory. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 28(1), 70-76. Retrieved September 10, 2012, from EBSCOhost.
Gielen, J., van den Branden, S., & Broeckaert, B. (2009, May). Religion and Nurses ' Attitudes to Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide [Electronic version]. Nursing Ethics, 16(3), 303-318.
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