title: Patient-family conflicting issues. Part 1: The case. Part 2: Case analysis.
abstract: This article describes an ethical case when the patient's wishes and that of her spouse disagreed and the ethical issues which were involved. Although the patient clearly has the right of choice on treatment, her own choices became ambivalent as she recognized her husbands need for her to fight on.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Briones
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Broom
mesh_terms: D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012297:Right to Die; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D028761:Withholding Treatment