1. Benevolent Deception
The association's White Paper on Assisted Suicide provides guidelines for ethically withdrawing from a case without abandoning the patient for nurses who do not want to be involved, as well as guidelines for nurses willing to care for the patient who is committing physician-assisted suicide.12 Although the principle of respect for autonomy is of major importance, other principles such as nonmaleficence, beneficence, and justice have as much or more weight, depending on the situation.1 The principle of nonmaleficence means the obligation to refrain from harm.1 If the nurse cannot bring...
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