Lecturer, Nursing department, Ariel University, Ariel city, Israel.
Int J Palliat Nurs. 2021 Aug 2;27(6):317-325. doi: 10.12968/ijpn.2021.27.6.317.
Nurses play an important role in taking care of people who have a terminal illness.
To examine nursing caregivers' religiosity as the mediator between voluntary and involuntary euthanasia, and to compare nursing caregiver religiosity groups and the voluntary and involuntary euthanasia attitudes of nurses and nursing students.
A cross sectional design was applied and 298 nursing caregivers voluntarily participated and completed the questionnaire.
Religiosity partially contributes as mediator between voluntary and involuntary euthanasia. All nursing caregiver religiosity groups show more support for voluntary euthanasia. Moreover, nursing students and nurses differ with respect to support for euthanasia in extreme situations, such as patients that are clinically brain-dead.
Findings may be attributed to the clash of religious values, due to the common injunction against taking a life especially as regards involuntary euthanasia.
护士在照顾临终患者方面发挥着重要作用。
检验护理照顾者的宗教信仰是否是自愿和非自愿安乐死的中介，并比较护理照顾者宗教信仰群体与护士和护生对自愿和非自愿安乐死的态度。
采用横断面设计，298 名护理照顾者自愿参与并完成了问卷。
宗教信仰在一定程度上是自愿和非自愿安乐死的中介。所有护理照顾者宗教信仰群体对自愿安乐死的支持度更高。此外，护理学生和护士在支持安乐死的极端情况下存在差异，例如临床脑死亡的患者。
这些发现可能归因于宗教价值观的冲突，因为普遍禁止夺取生命，尤其是在涉及非自愿安乐死的情况下。
