Determinants of the willingness to endorse assisted suicide: A survey of physicians, nurses, and social workers Journal Article

  

Authors:	Portenoy, R. K.; Coyle, N.; Kash, K. M.; Brescia, F.; Scanlon, C.; O'Hare, D.; Misbin, R. I.; Holland, J.; Foley, K. M.
Article Title:	Determinants of the willingness to endorse assisted suicide: A survey of physicians, nurses, and social workers
Abstract:	The authors surveyed 1,137 physicians, nurses, and social workers (overall response = 48%) to characterize the willingness to endorse assisted suicide. Willingness to endorse varied among disciplines and was negatively correlated with level of religious belief (r = -0.35, P < 0.0001), knowledge of symptom management (r = 0.21, P < 0.0001), and time managing symptoms (r = -0.21, P < 0.0001). On multivariate analysis, the significant predictors were lesser religious belief (P < 0.0001), greater concern about analgesic toxicity (P = 0.001), diminished empathy (P = 0.03), lesser knowledge of symptom management (P < 0.04), and the interaction between religious belief and knowledge of symptom management (P = 0.04). Professionals' attitudes toward assisted suicide are influenced by diverse personal attributes, among which may be competence in symptom management and burnout.
Keywords:	adult; aged; middle aged; cancer patient; palliative therapy; data collection; physicians; medical education; empathy; health care personnel; suicide; medical specialist; physician; new york city; attitude; toxicity; religion; burnout, professional; normal human; attitude to death; analgesic agent; race; survey; burnout; social work; social worker; nurse; intoxication; euthanasia; nurses; suicide, assisted; death and euthanasia; cancer; humans; human; male; female; article; empirical approach; voluntary euthanasia; euthanasia, active, voluntary; time management; clinical approach/source; social workers
Journal Title:	Psychosomatics
Volume:	38
Issue:	3
ISSN:	0033-3182
Publisher:	Elsevier Science, Inc.
Date Published:	1997-05-01
Start Page:	277
End Page:	287
Language:	English
PUBMED:	9136257
PROVIDER:	scopus
DOI:	10.1016/S0033-3182(97)71465-8
DOI/URL:	https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0030993826&partnerID=40&md5=d6972854d33aa919893ab890b5d69548
Notes:	Article -- Export Date: 17 March 2017 -- Source: Scopus

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