PubMed · 11263057
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C H Smeltzer. 2001. Honoring commitments.. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005110-200103000-00004
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BACKGROUND: In 1986, Cosmair Canada, agent of the L'Oréal Group, sponsored a survey among Canadian dermatologists to measure the perceptions, attitudes, expectations, and needs of dermatologists regarding cosmetology. Fifteen years later, a new survey among Canadian dermatologists, again sponsored by L'Oréal, tries to capture the evolution and new trends. OBJECTIVES: This survey tries to capture the perceptions, attitudes, and expectations of Canadian dermatologists regarding cosmetology. METHODS: A questionnaire was sent to 394 members of the Canadian Dermatology Association; 99 responded (25%). The questionnaire, had 21 questions regarding cosmetology, future trends in Canadian dermatology, and how dermatologists acquire the information required for their practice. RESULTS: More than ever, dermatologists are asked to deal with maintaining healthy, youthful skin. Cosmetology is a greater part of everyday practice. Laser and cosmetic dermatology will become more important in the future. CONCLUSIONS: Dermatologists are asked to provide information on the maintenance of healthy, young-looking skin and feel they need more information relating to cosmetology
BACKGROUND: Oregon's 1997 Death with Dignity Act legalizes physician-assisted suicide. To date, information about patients who have requested this option has come from surveys of physicians. Although 78 percent of the 91 Oregonians who have died by assisted suicide were enrolled in hospice programs, there is little information about the experiences of hospice practitioners with these patients. METHODS: In 2001, we mailed a questionnaire to all hospice nurses and social workers in Oregon. RESULTS: Of 545 eligible hospice nurses and social workers, 397 (73 percent) returned the survey, including 71 percent of nurses and 78 percent of social workers. Since November 1997, 179 of the respondents (45 percent) had cared for a patient who requested assistance with suicide. Hospice nurses reported on 82 patients who had received prescriptions for lethal medication. Ninety-eight percent of the nurses had discussed the request with a coworker, and 77 percent of the requests had been presented at a hospice interdisciplinary conference on patient care. A very important reason for the request was to control the circumstances of death. The least important reasons included depression, lack of social support, and fear of being a financial drain on family members. Although the patients were concerned about burdening others, only 11 percent of hospice nurses rated their family caregivers as more burdened than family caregivers for other hospice patients. CONCLUSIONS: Since assisted suicide was legalized in Oregon, many hospice nurses and social workers have provided care for a patient who requested assistance with suicide. They rated desire for control as a very important reason for these requests.