@article{ref1,
title="Rational suicide in the terminally ill",
journal="Journal of nursing scholarship",
year="2002",
author="Fontana, Joyce S.",
volume="34",
number="2",
pages="147-151",
abstract="PURPOSE: To examine the current debate over the right to die specific to the rational suicide of terminally ill patients. METHODS: Literature was reviewed for information concerning historical end-of-life practices and the past acceptance of suicide. Another review showed philosophical opinions and perspectives that spanned from ancient Greece and the Roman Empire to modern philosophical discourse. A case study of a terminally ill woman who chose suicide is presented to apply the history and philosophy to nursing care today. CONCLUSIONS: As more nursing care is delivered in patients' homes, nurses will face this situation with increasing frequency. A call is made for organizations to provide guidelines for nursing practice.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1527-6546",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}