American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
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Multicenter Study
Medical end-of-life decisions: experiences and attitudes of Belgian pediatric intensive care nurses.
To investigate Belgian pediatric intensive care nurses' involvement in and attitudes toward medical end-of-life decisions with a possible or certain life-shortening effect. ⋯ Belgian pediatric intensive care nurses are often involved in carrying out medical end-of-life decisions, including administration of life-ending drugs, whereas their participation in decision making is more limited. Most think that the current euthanasia law should be extended to minors so that administering life-ending drugs would be possible for terminally ill children in specific circumstances.