All of the patient's children are distressed by the possibility of removing life-support treatments from their mother
The child who is most upset tells the nurse, "This is the same as killing her! I thought you were supposed to help her!" The nurse explains to the family, a. "This is a process of allowing your mother to die naturally after the injuries that she sustained in a serious accident."
b. "The hospital would never allow us to do that kind of thing."
c. "Let's talk about this calmly, and I will explain why assisted suicide is appropriate in this case."
d. "She's lived a long and productive life."
A
Forgoing life-sustaining treatments is not the same as active euthanasia or assisted suicide. Killing is an action causing another's death, whereas allowing dying is avoiding any intervention that interferes with a natural death following illness or trauma.
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