Amie Wright

Issues

  1. Ethical considerations and implications for euthanasia and assisted suicide in New Zealand Introduction

    Over the last few years, thanks to media coverage of cases advocating the need for a change to the laws and legislation surrounding euthanasia I have become aware of the changing perceptions towards euthanasia and assisted suicide. For this reason, the clinical issue and setting I have chosen to explore is that of euthanasia in end-of-life care including the ethical reasoning behind legislation and potential changes to the status quo which Woods and Bickley (2015) predict will occu…