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    controversial topic‚ euthanasia. There are many forms that Euthanasia can take: Euthanasia can active voluntary‚ passive voluntary‚ active involuntary or passive involuntary. As all other controversial topics‚ there are two extreme views. There are reasons for being against euthanasia‚ including religious ones. There are also many reasons for being for euthanasia‚ including the right to choose. There are many reasons why people would want to go through the act of euthanasia‚ such as being concerned

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    1. What is Palliative Care? (150 words) Palliative Care is a care provided when someone is living with‚ and dying from a fatal chronic condition where the primary goal is maintaining quality of life. It provides special supportive care for anyone who is suffering a life-threatening condition approaching the end of life. Palliative care is for any age‚ those with cancer or any other terminal diagnosis‚ people of any ethnic or cultural background‚ whether they may live in the countryside or the

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    Euthanasia is a highly controversial topic in the field of medicine despite the American Medical Association currently endorsing one form of it. In order to explore the topic of euthanasia‚ I will put forth a case in which it is relevant. 80-year -old patient X is currently suffering advanced stages of pancreatic cancer. He is currently in a lot of pain despite being on the maximum amount of pain medication. Given his condition‚ patient X expresses that the pain is intolerable‚ and his last wish

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    suicide‚ and euthanasia. She also admitted that physicians must honor a patient rescue to be free of unwanted life sustaining treatment. I’m not agree with her argument because euthanasia forms part of passive euthanasia. Susan M Wolf contradicts herself in this part when she said that physician must no accede to the request of suicide and euthanasia. Then she said that physicians must honor patient rescue to be free of unwanted life sustaining treatment which is the passive euthanasia. I believe that

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    James Rachels argues that in the case of a terminally ill patient who suffers from unimaginable pain‚ it is sometimes morally acceptable kill him via active euthanasia. Rachels defends his argument through the story of Jack. This story serves to describe the excruciating and incessant pain that many of the terminally ill face. It seems as though the only way Jack and many other hopeless patients could escape this agony is through death. Rachels claims that since Jack was going to die relatively soon

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    World Health Organization (2003)[1] defines palliative care as: “An approach that improves the quality of life of individuals and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness‚ through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems‚ physical‚ psychosocial and spiritual”. WHO (2003) further states that palliative care: • provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms; •

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    hours of teaching‚ I equated palliative care with death. After all‚ donʼt all palliative care patients die? And how else would a naive clerk define death? I equated it with defeat. Had I not just spent two years learning how to help people live? I saw palliative care as a failure: everything about it was negative: no‚ we are not going to resuscitate; no‚ we are not going to offer curative treatment; no‚ this patient will not live. My attitude towards palliative care was only reinforced by

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    Euthanasia Aim The aim of this Dissertation is to investigate and review different aspects of Euthanasia. - ii - Contents List of Tables ................................................................................................................................................................. iv List of Figures ................................................................................................................................................................ iv List

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    SEDATION DENTISTRY Sedation dentistry is referred to as the medication which is used to help the patients relax during a dental procedure. It is otherwise called as ‘ sleep dentistry’ even though it is not completely accurate. Except for the patients under general anesthesia patients are usually awake. During dental procedures‚ the dentists use pharmacological agents to relax and calm the patient. These pharmacological agents are a kind of drugs used as the sedative. Their main function is to relax

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    nursing is a specialized degree of nursing. The duty of hospice nurses covers a lot of responsibilities; from assessing the elderly’s condition‚ observing the health but still working altogether with the physician and other health care members. The idea that the patient is already terminally ill makes the responsibility greater than it already is. Most often‚ the medications given are only for palliative support‚ to minimize pain‚ rather the treatment of the disease itself. Recovery is the least of the

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