Ethical Dilemma for Nurses on End of Life Issues

Objectives: -

i) To explore ethical dilemma issues on end of life which have a heavy bearing on Nurses and other health care providers.

ii) To explain euthanasia as it relates to withholding treatment and the law.

Materials and method: The study is informed to some extent by deliberations on euthanasia and 'end-of-life issues' from the conference. Conference proceedings are a rich source of evidence based findings. A content analysis of the discussion was done. It also makes an attempt to dissect some ethical and legal issues. Included is a case study of a patient Nelly (not her real name) derived from a local setting in Kenya compared with two others from elsewhere. Consent to highlight and publish the case study was sought from a relative...