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The Relationship Between Nurses’ Ethical Sensitivity Levels and Their Attitudes Toward Principles About Die with Dignity

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This study was conducted to determine the relationship between nurses’ ethical sensitivity levels and their attitudes toward principles about die with dignity. The study was descriptive and correlational in design. The data were obtained from 226 nurses. The results of the correlation analysis conducted to determine whether there is a relationship between the nurses’ ethical sensitivity level and their attitudes toward principles about die with dignity are among the autonomy, meaning and relation showed a significant, negative and low-level relationship between. As a result of the research, it was found that there was a negatively, significant and low-level relationship between autonomy, meaning and relation and attitudes toward respectable principles of death.

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    Birgül Cerit, Simge Çoşkun, Mehmet Ali Çalışkan & Gülnur Temelli

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Cerit, B., Çoşkun, S., Çalışkan, M.A. et al. The Relationship Between Nurses’ Ethical Sensitivity Levels and Their Attitudes Toward Principles About Die with Dignity. J Relig Health 60, 162–177 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01102-8

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