Ethical Dilemma Associated With End of Life Conversations in Healthcare
In furtherance of their duties, nurses face numerous ethical dilemmas where no right answer becomes clear. Death is inevitable because all human beings are mortal (Karnik & Kanekar, 2016). However, with the advancement in the medical technology, the norms of natural mortality are now changing because they can mediate during death to extend life. Despite that, they do not hold promises to recovery. Such technological progressions have, therefore, permitted the patients and their caretakers to select from the available preference for treatment during end-of-life care. During such situations, choices have turned out to be of great importance in prolonging life through the support of the technology or allowing the natural death to take in charge (Karnik & Kanekar, 2016). The outcome of this is ethical dilemmas. For this paper, we explore the issues surrounding the independent decision making, the advance orders and care rationing for hopeless treatment. In addition to that, it provides recommendations that can remedy the situation.