Conflicting protestant views on euthanasia.

The Good Samaritan ideal and beneficent euthanasia; conflicting views of mercy.

Euthanasia: A Challenge in Clinical Education

Introduction: Euthanasia is one of the most frequent question and challenging issue in clinical education. This paper aimed to investigate different views in this matter. Methods: This review article was prepared through searching scientific databases and literature that was published during 2000-2011. Results: Considering the ethical and religious principles, current views about euthanasia ...

Professed religious affiliation and the practice of euthanasia.

Attitudes towards active voluntary euthanasia (AVE) and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) among 1,238 doctors on the medical register of New South Wales varied significantly with self-identified religious affiliation. More doctors without formal religious affiliation ('non-theists') were sympathetic to AVE, and acknowledged that they had practised AVE, than were doctors who gave any religious af...

شبیه‌سازی از منظر آیین‌های ارتدوکس و پروتستان

In this paper, the author aims to study orthodox and protestant points of views on human cloning and investigate on their arguments for and against it. Both ideologies have abolished both reproductive and therapeutic cloning and put forward an argument against them. The only liberal view which allows therapeutic cloning, but refrains from explicitly commenting on reproductive cloning, is a cult...

Attitudes of ICU and Oncology Nurses towards Euthanasia

Background and Objectives: Since nurses have an important role in caring for end-stage patients, their attitudes toward euthanasia is important to be considered. This study aimed to examine the attitudes of nurses who work in the ICUs and oncology wards towards euthanasia. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 205 nurses working in oncology wards and ICUs in teaching hospitals o...