Assisted Suicide in Austria: Nurses’ Understanding of Patients’ Requests and the Role of Patient Symptoms

Matthias Unseld; Alexa L. Meyer; Tamina-Laetitia Vielgrader; Theresa Wagner; Dorothea König; Chiara Popinger; Bärbel Sturtzel; Gudrun Kreye; Elisabeth Lucia Zeilinger

doi:10.3390/ijerph22020218

Assisted Suicide in Austria: Nurses’ Understanding of Patients’ Requests and the Role of Patient Symptoms

Matthias Unseld, Alexa L. Meyer, Tamina-Laetitia Vielgrader, Theresa Wagner, Dorothea König, Chiara Popinger, Bärbel Sturtzel, Gudrun Kreye, Elisabeth Lucia Zeilinger

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Original language	English
Journal	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume	22
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22020218
Publication status	Published - 2025

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

302045 Medical psychology
501010 Clinical psychology
303026 Public health

Keywords

medical assistance in dying
nurses
end-of-life care
palliative care
hospice care
psychosocial symptoms
ethics
healthcare legislation
decision making

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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