The required readings for this unit are:

Australia	Required Reading(s)

Kitchener, B. A. (1998). Nurse characteristics and attitudes to active voluntary euthanasia: A survey in the Australian Capital Territory. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 28(1), 70-76. Retrieved December 28, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=5277946&db=aph While surveys of Australian nurses' attitudes to active voluntary euthanasia (AVE) have found that the majority are in favour, there may be important differences between subgroups of nurses. This paper investigates the role of the following nurse characteristics on nurses' attitudes to AVE: age, gender, religion, amount of contact with terminally ill patients, area of specialty, and degree of interest taken in the issue of AVE. A postal survey on AVE was carried out in late 1996 of 2000 randomly selected registered nurses from the Australian Capital Territory. Responses were received from 1218 nurses (61%). The survey included a question asking whether the law should be changed to allow doctors to take active steps to bring about a patient's death under some circumstances. Overall, 69% of respondents agreed that the law should be changed. Those nurses who were more likely to agree were under the age of 40 years, agnostic, atheist or of the Anglican religion, to have less contact with terminally ill patients, to work in the area of critical care or mental health, and to take less interest in the issue of AVE. Palliative care nurses were the only subgroup without a majority in favour (33%). There is other evidence in the euthanasia literature, that nurses and doctors are less in favour of AVE than the general public. Taken together with the present findings, it can be concluded that attitudes towards AVE are more favourable in people who have less contact with the terminally ill

 

Canada	Required Reading(s)

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United Kingdom	Required Reading(s)

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United States	Required Reading(s)

Bopp, J., & Coleson, R. E. (1999). Three strikes: Is an assisted suicide right out? Issues in Law & Medicine, 15(1), 3-87. Retrieved December 28, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=2150771&db=aph Discusses the Supreme Court's decision in the United States to reject the right to physician-assisted suicide. Role of verbal engineering in the campaign for legal protection for assisted suicide; Two features of the Supreme Court's method of substantive-due-process; Danger of accepting the right to assisted suicide based on the Netherlands experience; Risk in ballot initiatives.

 

Databases
For the full text article online, sleuth the 'University of Calgary/ Library/ Article Indexes':

Directions:

• Select - Indexes and abstracts with links to full text articles
• Select - Academic Search Premier or Expanded Academic ASAP
• Select - Connect
• Fill in User ID and Pin
• Fill in search words:
  • euthanasia
  • mercy killing
  • physician assisted suicide

 

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The 'recommended only' readings for this unit are the following:

Australia	Recommended Reading(s)

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Canada	Recommended Reading(s)

Cawsey, K. (1996). Euthanasia: A Christian physician responds to the challenge. Presbyterian Record, 21-24.

• Note when Canadian law abolished or de-criminalized suicide as a crime?

Robinson, S. (1994, February 28). The right to kill debate begins in earnest. Alberta Report, 35- 36.

• Note that Alberta Report states that Canadian Sue Rodriguez won an incredibly important victory in single-handedly putting this question of the right to die with dignity on the national political agenda.

Seitz, T. (2000). The euthanasia debate. The Canadian Nurse, 96 (3), 43-44.

International	Recommended Reading(s)

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• This reading notes

United Kingdom	Recommended Reading(s)

Klotzko, A. (1996). Deepening dilemma. Nursing Times, 92 (15), 42-45.

• Note this author compares United Kingdom laws to Dutch laws as the euthanasia debate continues

United States	Recommended Reading(s)

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• This reading notes

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Additional references for this unit can be found in 'forensic references' of the forensic sourcebooks.

• Sleuth 'forensic reference' database for:

  euthanasia - mercy killing - physician assisted suicide

Kent-Wilkinson, A. (2002). Forensic Sourcebooks: Forensic References.

Retrieved May 28, 2002, from the Forensic Education Website: http://www.forensiceducation.com/sourcebooks/experts/Experts_database.html/refs

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Video's recommended for this unit are:

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The required websites to sleuth for this unit are the following:

Australia	Resources (Web)

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Canada	Resources (Web)

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International	Resources (Web)

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United Kingdom	Resources (Web)

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United States	Resources (Web)

DeathNET (1995, January). DeathNET: Advancing the art and the science of dying well. Retrieved June 14, 2002 from http://www.rights.org/deathnet/

• Note this international archive specializing in all aspects of death and dying - with a sincere respect for every point of view.

DeathNET (1995, January). What's new? DeathNET: Advancing the art and the science of dying well. Retrieved June 14, 2002 from http://www.rights.org/deathnet/

• Note this link to What's New' as to events in history international with regard to euthanasia, mercy killing and physician assisted suicide.

Euthanasia Research Guidance Organization. (1999). Euthanasia World Directory (ERGO). Retrieved June 17, 2002 from http://www.efn.org/~ergo/

• Note the link to 'Laws concerning Oregon' (Oregon Death with Dignity Act of 1994).

Robinson, B. (1999). Euthanasia and physician assisted suicide: Allsides of the issue. Retrieved June 17, 2002 from http://www.religioustolerance.org/euthanas.htm#term

• Note the discussion on ethical, religious and public opinion of euthanasia on this site.

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For additional websites on this unit, sleuth 'forensic websites' in the forensic sourcebooks.

• euthanasia
• mercy killing
• physician assisted suicide

Kent-Wilkinson, A. (2002). Forensic Sourcebooks: Forensic Websites.

Retrieved May 28, 2002, from the Forensic Education Website: http://www.forensiceducation.com/sourcebooks/experts/Experts_database.html/websites

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