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Consortium Ethics Program Roundtable Consortium Ethics Program. Community Ethics / Volume 3, Number 4. Previous Article : Issue Contents : Next Article Ethics Roundtable: Do Nurses Participate in Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide? (Would it be a bad thing?) A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine by David Asch, M.D., M.B.A., [NEJM, 334(21): 1374-1379, 1996] created a stir among healthcare professionals, patients and their families, and medical ethicists. This survey study claimed that a significant number of nurses perform active euthanasia. That is, these nurses supposedly take steps to kill some of their patients in order to relieve their pain and suffering. We print several responses to this study below. These are indicative of the wide variety of viewpoints being expressed around the nation. Some challenge the validity of the study's findings, others accept them and debate the morality of such actions. Much Ado About Nothing Scott Miller, M.D., M.A., Chief of Medical Ethics, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association late last year (the SUPPORT study1) came to the sad and disconcerting conclusion that doctors and other healthcare professionals are woefully inadequate when it comes to recognizing and treating the pain and suffering of dying patients. Full Article: http://www.pitt.edu/%7Ecep/34roundtable.html |
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