title: The question.
authors.affiliation: Legacy Emanuel Hospital, Vancouver, Wash., USA.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Hale
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012297:Right to Die; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*