How often do you engage with or witness death in your work? How has this experience or the lack of it shaped your view of death? Has it gotten easier or harder for you to accept the fact of death? As you explain, include your clinical specialty. Reflect on the analysis of the sin of suicide and thus, euthanasia from the topic readings. Do you agree? Why or why not? Refer to the lecture and topic readings in your response. What are the five stages of loss and grief? The Pew Research Center has conducted surveys on end-of-life decisions finding most Americans say there are some circumstances in which doctors and nurses should allow a patient to die. At the same time, however, a growing minority says that medical professionals should do everything possible to save a patients life in all circumstances. Take a look at the article and survey results: Views on End-of-Life Medical Treatments by Pew Research Center http://www.pewforum.org/2013/11/21/views-on-end-of-life-medical-treatments/ What things surprised you the most in the survey results? Do you agree with some of the findings? Do you disagree?
