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mpobi80

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Which statement about ethical and legal questions on death and dying is true?
 
  a. To help a person to commit suicide is an offence only if suicide ensues.
  b. Withdrawing life-prolonging treatment is a crime.
  c. A mentally competent client has the legal right to refuse life-prolonging treatment.
  d. Physicians can terminate treatment at their discretion when they believe that treatment is no longer beneficial to the client.

Question 2

A patient informs the nurse that she often becomes nauseated when riding in motor vehicles. The nurse knows that this is related to which sensory deficit?
 
  a. Neurological deficit
  b. Visual deficit
  c. Hearing deficit
  d. Balance deficit



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Answer to Question 1

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A mentally competent client has the legal right to refuse life-prolonging treatment.
According to section 241 of the Criminal Code (1985), it is an offence to aid a person to com-mit suicide, whether suicide ensues or not.
Withholding or withdrawing life-prolonging treatment is considered letting die, not killing.
Even if a client has not asked for the termination of life-prolonging treatment (either directly or by way of advance directive), physicians are still allowed, after consultation with family mem-bers, to terminate such treatment when it no longer offers any reasonable hope of benefit to the client.

Answer to Question 2

D
Vertigo is a result of vestibular dysfunction and often is precipitated by a change in head position. This disequilibrium can cause nausea and vomiting. The other options would not result in nausea based on movement.




mpobi80

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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
:D TYSM


hollysheppard095

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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