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Nurses Surveyed on Assisted
Suicide Views Part One of Four By Liz Townsend Part Two is a catch-up on NRLC 2010, while Part Three talks about a huge pro-life rally in Canada. Part Four is an update on a federal court appeals judge nominee. At "National Right to Life News Today" (www.nationalrighttolifenewstoday.org), Randy O'Bannon discusses why a new PPFA megaclinic is starting out by performing only chemically-induced abortions. Liz Townsend summarizes the Pope's visit to Portugal and Dr. David Prentice gives the heartening particulars of how adult stem cells are being used to treat damaged hearts. Please send any of your much-appreciated comments to daveandrusko@gmail.com.
Euthanasia activists in Britain continue to work to legalize assisted suicide in the country. After years of opposition, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) moved to an official position of neutrality on the issue in July 2009, after an internal poll of members showed a split between support and opposition, according to the Daily Telegraph. British pro-lifers criticized the RCN's neutral stance, chiding the group for retreating from principle because of a poll. "The RCN's Council have based their change on a consultation exercise in which only a fraction of one percent of their members took part," Paul Tully, general secretary of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, said at the time. "They clearly have no mandate from nurses as a whole for this move." The Nursing Times survey is intended to garner more specific opinions from British nurses. "We want to gain a comprehensive picture of how nurses deal with this difficult issue in hospitals, in the community, in hospices and nursing homes," according to the magazine. Questions include, "Has a patient ever asked you for help to end their life?" and "Have you ever felt under pressure from a patient or relative to increase medication with the aim of ending life rather than relieve symptoms?" The survey can be found at http://www.nursingtimes.net/specialist-news/acute-care-news/share-your-views-on-assisted-suicide/5014501.article. Be sure to send your comments to daveandrusko@gmail.com. |
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British nursing magazine is
conducting an online survey to
gauge the "feelings and
experience" of nurses on
assisted suicide. Nursing Times
will print the results in an
upcoming issue.