End of Life Issues in Cancer Cases: Ethical Aspects.

Related Articles End of Life Issues in Cancer Cases: Ethical Aspects. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2016;17 Spec No.:239-43 Authors: Taghavi A, Hashemi-Bahremani M, Hosseini L, Bazmi S Abstract This article investigates ethical challenges cancer patients face in the end stages of life including doctors’ responsibilities, patients’ rights, unexpected desires of patients and their relatives, futile treatments, and communication with patients in end stages of life. These patients are taken care of through palliative rather than curative measures. In many cases, patients in the last days of life ask their physician to terminate their illness via euthanasia which has many…
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