Kuhse H, Singer P
Monash University, Centre for Human Bioethics, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Int J Nurs Stud. 1993 Aug;30(4):311-22. doi: 10.1016/0020-7489(93)90103-2.
This article presents the results of a survey of the attitudes and practices of nurses in Victoria with regard to requests for active or passive help in dying from patients who were suffering from a terminal or incurable disease. Questionnaires were sent to 1942 nurses who had been selected at random, 943 nurses (49%) of whom returned completed questionnaires. The survey indicates that a clear majority of those who responded to the questionnaire support active voluntary euthanasia. Many nurses have collaborated with doctors in the provision of active voluntary euthanasia and a few have acted without consulting a doctor. Seventy-eight per cent of nurses thought the law should be changed to allow doctors to take active steps to bring about a patient's death under some circumstances; and 65% of nurses indicated that they would be willing to collaborate with doctors in the provision of active voluntary euthanasia if it were legal.
本文呈现了一项针对维多利亚州护士就身患绝症或不治之症的患者提出的主动或被动安乐死请求的态度及做法的调查结果。问卷被发送给随机挑选的1942名护士，其中943名护士（49%）返回了填好的问卷。调查表明，对问卷做出回应的人中，明显多数支持主动自愿安乐死。许多护士在提供主动自愿安乐死方面与医生进行了合作，少数护士在未咨询医生的情况下采取了行动。78%的护士认为法律应做出改变，允许医生在某些情况下采取积极措施促使患者死亡；65%的护士表示，如果主动自愿安乐死合法，她们愿意与医生合作提供此类服务。
