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This study was to identify the subjective attitudes on “death with dignity” perceived by nursing students, and to describe the characteristics of each category. Twenty-nine nursing students at H University located in Chungcheongnam Province, Korea were asked to classify 70 statements on “death with dignity.” The collected data was analyzed utilizing QUANL PC program, SPSSWIN 21.0 program. The study concluded that there were 6 types of attitudes from the nursing students towards “death with dignity.” The types of attitudes towards “death with dignity” were “recognizing value in death with dignity,” “inevitability of choosing death with dignity,” “societal regulation of death with dignity,” “death with dignity electivity,” “death with dignity criteria identification” and “preparing for death with dignity.” The results of this study will provide assistance for organizing a “death with dignity” education program for nursing students and establish a value system towards “death with dignity” through categorization of the nursing student attitudes. The findings will also play a crucial role in identifying the attitudes of nurses towards “death with dignity” after students become nurses and start working in various departments, possibly facing patients considering or being considered for end of life choices, including “death with dignity. Lastly this study meaning of death with dignity would be to the development well dying or death with dignity training program nursing student.