Manetta A A, Wells J G
Social Work Department, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, USA.
Health Soc Work. 2001 Aug;26(3):160-6. doi: 10.1093/hsw/26.3.160.
This article presents the results of an exploratory study of social workers' views on physician-assisted suicide (PAS), situations in which PAS would be favored, and whether there is a difference in education or training on mental health issues, ethics, or suicide between social workers who favor PAS and those who oppose PAS. A questionnaire was administered to a convenience sample of 66 social workers in South Carolina. The authors raise questions about the training in mental health issues, ethics, and suicide that social workers have received to prepare them to work with clients making this end-of-life decision. Implications for social work practice and suggestions for future research are presented.
本文介绍了一项探索性研究的结果，该研究涉及社会工作者对医生协助自杀（PAS）的看法、倾向于PAS的情况，以及在支持PAS和反对PAS的社会工作者之间，在心理健康问题、伦理或自杀方面的教育或培训是否存在差异。对南卡罗来纳州66名社会工作者的便利样本进行了问卷调查。作者对社会工作者在心理健康问题、伦理和自杀方面所接受的培训提出了疑问，这些培训旨在使他们能够与做出这种临终决定的客户合作。文中还阐述了对社会工作实践的启示以及对未来研究的建议。
