Introduction
End-of-life care dilemmas have in recent years become a major cause of concern for nurses and other physicians. With the emergence of modern technology that can help sustain life even at the point where there is little hope, life-sustaining measures such as resuscitation and feeding tubes have been applied to help prolong the lives of the patient at this stage (Meisel et al., 2000). However, the decisions on the use or application of these life-sustaining measures are solely dependent on the patient's preferences or those of their family. This is coupled with the guided decision-making process between the nurse and ...
