What does the law say on these particularly thorny issues? This third article concludes our series on legal issues in end-of-life care with an exploration of the law and case law relating to the discontinuation of treatment, the principle of double effect, and assisted suicide.Ĭitation: Taylor H (2019) Legal issues in end-of-life care 3: difficult decisions. Nursing Times 115: 1, 36-39.Īuthor: Helen Taylor is visiting lecturer, University of Birmingham, and freelance writer on health law. At the same time, the church allows that life need not be. Lee, chairman of the church’s Commission on Doctrinal Purity. We simply feel that it is not our prerogative to end life, says Edgar R. There is no alternative way to attain the good effect (. The denomination teaches that life is a sacred gift and that only God should determine when life ends. They may not know what to do when a patient asks for their help to end their own life. The good effect is not achieved through the bad effect (pain relief does not depend on hastening death). They may be reluctant to prescribe opioids for pain relief because they fear it might hasten the patientâs death. The Dying Process End-of-Life Stages Timeline What to expect as someone nears death By Angela Morrow, RN Updated on MaMedically reviewed by Isaac O.
They may feel uncomfortable, for example, with a decision to discontinue life-sustaining treatment such as clinically assisted nutrition and hydration. Results: Most of the participants viewed current palliative care practices, such as pain relief with opioids and symptom management with PS, as hastening death, in contrast to some medical research which concludes that proportional therapeutic doses do not hasten death. Nurses caring for patients at the end of life will often be faced with ethical and legal challenges. OctoPro-Tip for Your Next Shift: Doing No Harm: Opioids do not hasten death In the ethics of medical treatments, the 'Principle of Double Effect' permits some measure of harm in order to achieve an intended greater good. This last article in a three-part series examines the law and case law on difficult decisions in end-of-life care, such as discontinuing life-sustaining treatment
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