... the cost" (Rogatz). For terminally ill patients, once the physician has determined that all other treatment has failed, palliative care is the next step in the dying process. According to Barbara Bates, a Registered Nurse who has been practicing for over 40 years, "palliative care is relief from pain and suffering...quality could be increased with the use of complementary medicines, the ... as their diseases progressed and many worst fears were realized, none committed suicide (300-301). One solution to the assisted suicide debate is the improvement of palliative care. Registered Nurse ...

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