When a patient is confined to the hospital with no hope of returning home, it is a natural instinct for this patient to turn to their doctor for help. ... The patient has signed a living will, therefore, the wishes of the patient are well documented. ... Let's consider the fact that the physician made a mis-diagnosis of the patient which, in turn, led to the assisted suicide of this patient. ... There are many terminally ill patients who cannot afford health insurance, therefore they seek death as an alternative to expensive health care. Even if health insurance is being used by the t...

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It will re-assure the patient that you truly care. ... The core of nursing is being an advocate for the patient. ... Nursing advocacy requires that a nurse has the ability to speak up for the patient when they are too ill or weak to do so. ... I believe that the patient's family and significant others should be involved in all aspect of the patient care if they choose to do so. ... Therefore, it's important to me to treat my patients how I would want to be treated because that day will come when I will be the patient. ...

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L. is a 23-year-old homosexual patient Hospitalized in a large medical center on the East Coast. He is seriously ill with an AIDS related disease. ... Legally you have an obligation to the patient to keep his confidentiality, if he is not a minor. ... Instead of deliberately lying about the patient's condition the nurse should instead withhold the information and encourage the patient to tell the truth about his condition to his parents. ... Although if the patient requests that the family not to be let known of the disease, than we as healthcare providers are to respect the patients...

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Research Paper Everyday in this world, children become ill or get into accidents and need medical attention. ... They assist in procedures, testing, and diagnosing the patient. ... Becoming impatient with a child when they are ill and hurting would scare the child and they would lose their ability to trust their nurses. ... "Consider the critically ill child who is surrounded by beeping monitors and alarming machines" (Vestal 606). ...

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