Dealing With Death & Dying

Kubler-Ross, in an interview in 1995, believed that those caring for the dying should be honest with them, answering all their questions honestly, but not volunteering any information that was not asked for (Redwood). She believed if they did not ask about something, it was because they were not ready to hear the answer. She also believed strongly that you should never take away hope from a dying person because without hope, they would not live, and you never know what is just around the corner. One thing you should do, she said, is to avoid cliches like, "It's God's will" or "Things will work out for the best" or "Everything happens for a reason" (Kubler-Ross).

The American Medical Association (AMA) defi

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in refusing unwanted medical care." A patient's assessment of the benefits weighed against the burden of the treatments should prevail. The order of priority in decision-making is advanced directives, substituted judgements, and the best interest of the patient, according to the Ethics Manual of the American College of Physicians (Death). The patients' informed goals and choices should be made through an advanced directive, but oral statements to family members, friends, and healthcare professionals also come under the heading of advanced directives. However, because oral directives could have been vague comments and could be ambiguous, written directives are preferable. Living wills have only a narrow scope of application, and in most states only apply to terminal patients and not those in permanent vegetative states. Some states exclude intravenous fluids and tube feeding from the interventions which may be refused, and then it is left up to the courts to decide. The durable power of attorney is more flexible, and the patient can be more explicit to their surrogate about just which treatments they do and do not want to undergo. Regulations on the durable power of attorney vary from state to state. The Patient Self-
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