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An editorial is presented on arguments for physician aid-in-dying (PAD) for psychiatric disorders. Topics discussed include permitting PPAD would not have negative policy and practice implications serious enough to outweigh the intended merits; conflicts with the practice of involuntary commitment in psychiatry; and parity argument has the following form: If PAD for terminal physical illness is justified on the basis of suffering.

The article discusses a study on the perception of nursing students/ educators on the contribution of ethics education to ethical competence of nursing students. It addresses questions including how they look at general contribution of ethics education, contribution of ethics education to ethical competence and features of ethics education needed to promote ethical competence. It suggests that ethics education adds to the ethical awareness and ethical reasoning competencies of nursing students.