Ethical Dilemm Moral Dilemma - 1415 Words

Ethical dilemma(s) One ethical dilemma Anthony has encountered is helping the family understand where their loved one is currently standing. Communicating life threatening news takes courage and certain factors need to be taken into consideration. In the textbook, The Last Dance it is stressed that physicians must â€Å"consider the patient’s personality, emotional constitution, and capacity for continued function under stress.† Communication is essential and how and when the life threatening news is conveyed is an essential part of this process. Furthermore, DeSpelder and Strickland (2009) say that â€Å"how the diagnosis is communicated can influence a patient attitude toward the illness, response to treatment, ability to cope.† Views about dying, death, and afterlife: We are all going to die. This is something unavoidable and is part of human nature. Anything that has been born will have to encounter death also. Anthony feels that death is fearsome, and often times people avoid having such discussion. The truth of the matter is that death is an integral part of our lives; we are surrounded by death. The topic of death is represented in mass media, television shows, cartoons, magazines and the internet. We hear songs about death, and we even sign to their tunes as if we were singing a farewell to our loved ones. So what is there to be afraid of? The subject of death has been embedded in our culture. Anthony believes that death is an existential, emotional and physical need of