When the Oregon physician-assisted suicide statute became law, nurses opposed to suicide on moral grounds were concerned about their ability to exercise their professional autonomy without abandoning their patient. ... The association's White Paper on Assisted Suicide provides guidelines for ethically withdrawing from a case without abandoning the patient for nurses who do not want to be involved, as well as guidelines for nurses willing to care for the patient who is committing physician-assisted suicide.12 Although the principle of respect for autonomy is of major importance, other ...

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