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Euthanasia

Ethics and Morality of Euthanasia

Luke Westphal
NSG 316 H003
February 24, 2007

The role of a healthcare professional is a very trying role. Nurses and doctors alike are faced with difficult decisions everyday that interfere with their own personal beliefs and values. It is times like these that they have to put their own beliefs aside and have to follow the wishes of their patients, and sometimes this could mean life or death for their client. In these situations, the question is asked; what is more important, the rights and needs of the patient, or the law that is supposed to protect them. Euthanasia is a very tough subject to approach, and like all tough subjects, there is a light and dark side to it. It can be a very helpful tool for those patients that are in unbearable pain or other special situations that make them feel that they can no longer go on living, but it also tears families apart and sends some healthcare professionals to prison.
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