American Nurses Association
American Nurses Association. position statement on assisted suicide
Abstract
Nurses, individually and collectively, have an obligation to provide comprehensive and compassionate end-of-life care which includes the promotion of comfort and the relief of pain and, at times, forgoing life-sustaining treatments. The American Nurses Association (ANA) believes that the nurse should not participate in assisted suicide. Such an act is in violation of the Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements (Code for Nurses) and the ethical traditions of the profession.
Source and rights
Published by Trends in health care, law & ethics, 1995. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.
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At a glance
- Organisation
- American Nurses Association
- Published
- 1995
- Applies to
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Scope
- National
- Journal
- Trends in health care, law & ethics
- PubMed
- 7655224
- Added to Prognia
- 24 July 2026
