title: Administering pain medication for a terminal patient. Part 1: The ethical case. Part 2: Case analysis.
abstract: This is the case of a middle age man who was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) in respiratory failure. The nurses questioned their role in giving a medication to help the ventilatory-dependent patient to be more comfortable when the ventilator was removed at his request. Following the case is an ethical analysis of this situation.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makielski
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Broom
mesh_terms: D000690:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Q000451:nursing*; D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D026686:Beneficence; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D028601:Euthanasia, Active; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011788:Quality of Life; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013727:Terminal Care; D028761:Withholding Treatment
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics