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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
[ETHICAL CONFLICTS AT THE END OF LIFE FROM NURSE PERCEPTION]
Introduction:
Current medicine tends to dehumanize the end of life process, which contributes to generate certain ethical conflict to nurse staff
Material And Method:
The major scientific datadas research.
Results:
The four main ethical conflicts detected are: decisions making, communicating information, futile treatments and hydration and artificial feeding.
Discussion:
The nurses suffer moral distress with ethical conflicts by the obligation of safeguard the dignity and rights of their patients.
Conclusions:
The lack of training and experience to treat ethical problems contribute to increase nurse disconfort.
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