Ott B B
College of Nursing, Villanova University, Pennsylvania, USA.
Adv Pract Nurs Q. 1998 Fall;4(2):65-70.
Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) may soon be legal in the United States. The legal option of PAS will place certain hardships on older persons. Many older individuals may feel a duty to die to avoid becoming a burden to their families. Moreover, the suicide option becomes attractive because medical care at the end of life is often fragmented, impersonal, and unable to meet the needs of the dying individual. To make suicide less attractive, nurses must help restructure the care of the dying to help meet their needs and reduce the burdens of caregivers.
医生协助自杀（PAS）在美国可能很快会合法化。PAS的合法选择将给老年人带来一定的困难。许多老年人可能会觉得有责任死去，以免成为家人的负担。此外，自杀的选择变得有吸引力，因为临终时的医疗护理往往是零散的、缺乏人情味的，无法满足临终者的需求。为了降低自杀的吸引力，护士必须帮助重组临终护理，以满足他们的需求，并减轻护理人员的负担。
