Ethical Dilemmas for Psychiatrists: Assisted Suicide in AIDS

Author(s):  
Alexandra Beckett
2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRIAN J. KELLY ◽  
FRANCIS T. VARGHESE ◽  
DAN PELUSI

Ethical dilemmas in end-of-life care, such as the request for assisted suicide, must be understood in the context of the relationship that exists between patients and the clinicians treating them. This context includes the way health professionals respond to the tasks in caring for a dying patient. This article reviews the literature exploring the factors the influence clinical decision making at the end of life. The interplay of ethics, countertransference and transference are explained in detail.


2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iva Sorta-Bilajac ◽  
Ksenija Baždarić ◽  
Morana Brkljačić Žagrović ◽  
Ervin Jančić ◽  
Boris Brozović ◽  
...  

The aim of this study was to assess nurses’ and physicians’ ethical dilemmas in clinical practice. Nurses and physicians of the Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka were surveyed (N = 364). A questionnaire was used to identify recent ethical dilemma, primary ethical issue in the situation, satisfaction with the resolution, perceived usefulness of help, and usage of clinical ethics consultations in practice. Recent ethical dilemmas include professional conduct for nurses (8%), and near-the-end-of-life decisions for physicians (27%). The main ethical issue is limiting life-sustaining therapy (nurses 15%, physicians 24%) and euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (nurses 16%, physicians 9%). The types of help available are similar for nurses and physicians: obtaining complete information about the patient (37% vs. 50%) and clarifying ethical issues (31% vs. 39%). Nurses and physicians experience similar ethical dilemmas in clinical practice. The usage of clinical ethics consultations is low. It is recommended that the individual and team consultations should be introduced in Croatian clinical ethics consultations services.


2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (Spring) ◽  
pp. 76-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashleigh J. Callahan ◽  
Norman J. Lass ◽  
Kimberly L. Richards ◽  
Andrea B. Yost ◽  
Kristen S. Porter ◽  
...  
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2001 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Goldie ◽  
Lisa Schwartz ◽  
Alex McConnachie ◽  
Jillian Morrison
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GeroPsych ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Sophie Gloeckler ◽  
Manuel Trachsel

Abstract. In Switzerland, assisted suicide (AS) may be granted on the basis of a psychiatric diagnosis. This pilot study explored the moral attitudes and beliefs of nurses regarding these practices through a quantitative survey of 38 psychiatric nurses. The pilot study, which serves to inform hypothesis development and future studies, showed that participating nurses supported AS and valued the reduction of suffering in patients with severe persistent mental illness. Findings were compared with those from a previously published study presenting the same questions to psychiatrists. The key differences between nurses’ responses and psychiatrists’ may reflect differences in the burden of responsibility, while similarities might capture shared values worth considering when determining treatment efforts. More information is needed to determine whether these initial findings represent nurses’ views more broadly.


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