The Relationship of Intensive Care Nurses' Attitudes Towards Organ Donation With Their Attitudes Towards Euthanasia and Moral Sensitivity.

ERDEN MELİKOĞLU S., Köktürk Dalcalı B., Aydoğan S.

Omega, cilt.92, sa.3, ss.1303-1318, 2026 (SSCI, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 92 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2026
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/00302228231199882
  • Dergi Adı: Omega
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, Abstracts in Social Gerontology, CINAHL, Education Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Psycinfo, Violence & Abuse Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1303-1318
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: ethics, euthanasia, intensive care nursing, moral sensitivity, organ donation
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Evet

Özet

Determination of the relationship between nurses' attitudes towards issues, such as end-of-life care that is specific to intensive care, euthanasia, and organ donation and their moral sensitivity levels is one of the important points for working out ethical problems encountered in intensive care units and increasing the quality of care. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between the attitudes of intensive care nurses towards organ donation, euthanasia, and terminal patients and their moral sensitivity. The study was completed with 175 nurses who agreed to participate in the study. Informed consent of the participants was obtained. While nurses' attitudes towards euthanasia, death, and caring for the dying patient did not correlate with their moral sensitivities, their attitudes towards organ donation did.