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Beyond the Supreme Court Decision: Nursing Perspectives on End-of-Life Care

Betty Ferrell
Rose Virani
Marcia Grant
Patrick Coyne
Gwen Uman
ONF 2000, 27(3), 445-455 DOI: 10.1188/00.ONF.445-455
Purpose/Objectives: To describe nurses' views of care of the terminally ill. Design: Descriptive cross-sectional survey. Sample: 300 nurses who completed a survey published in Nursing98 and Nursing Management and 2,033 nurses randomly selected from the Oncology Nursing Society (N = 2,333). Methods...
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Oncology Nursing Society Position: The Nurse's Responsibility to the Patient Requesting Assisted Suicide

ONF 2001, 442 DOI:
Despite significant advances in the multidisciplinary approach of palliative care, a multitude of variables have interfered with excellence in end-of-life care. The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) recognizes the critical need for reform and is an advocate for quality care across the illness...
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A Death With Dignity in Oregon

Mavis Tuten
ONF 2001, 58-65 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To inform readers about the Oregon Death With Dignity Act and present a compilation and summary of major arguments in debates regarding physician assistance in dying for the terminally ill. Data Sources: Experience, medical records, the patient’s physician and family, books,...
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Patient Dignity: Exploring Oncology Nurses’ Perceptions During End-of-Life Care

Barbara Crump
CJON 2019, 23(3), E46-E51 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.E46-E51
Background: Research on nurses’ perceptions of dignity is limited, with much work instead focusing on patients’ experiences. Maintaining the dignity of patients is considered to be an important element of nursing care; however, it is often diminished by the acts and omissions of healthcare...
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How Do You Deal With Death and Dying?

Georgina T. Rodgers
CJON 2019, 23(3), 336 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.336
Oncology nursing is a rewarding, challenging, and ever-changing specialty. Oncology affords the nurse an opportunity to care for individuals with unique, complex issues during his or her cancer journey. I assumed that, at some point, I would care for a patient who may not have a positive outcome...
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