People argue as to whether or not a person who is terminally ill, or handicap, should have the right or not to ask their doctor, or relatives to die by euthanasia. ... If a person is terminally ill, and there is nothing anyone can do for them, why should they have to suffer? ... The Dutch bill, was adopted in April 2001 and the Belgian bill was adopted in May 2002.These two bills decriminalize euthanasia, that is to say the intervention meant for putting an end to the life of a person asking for it, when realized by a doctor respecting certain conditions concerning both the estate of the patie...

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However, the competence for giving consent is not exercised by every individual patient (example, mental ill patient and a minor). ... NMC (2008) code of conduct asserts that a registered healthcare professional must make the care of a patient her priority in every situation. Therefore, every health care professional own to every patient a duty of care. ... Health care professionals, have a legal and ethical obligation to maintaining the sense of duty of care to the patient and patient family. ... The ethical principle of non-maleficence (Beauchamp and Childress, 1989) suggests that harm shoul...

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This paper will describe four human rights of research participants and how they might be violated. It will discuss the role of the professional nurse relation to the protection of research participant rights. It will identify the Code of Ethics of American Nurses Association (ANA) that guides the ...

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