The doctors respected her choice because she met the criteria for an informed consent and the family was supportive of her autonomy. For the doctors, nonmaleficience was a factor in that they are ethically responsible to provide no harm to Brittany but in contrast her decision goes against that where they are giving her medication that will end her life. We believed that this was difficult to come to a consensus. Putting ourselves in the doctors shoes we believed it would be unbearable to go through the process with a patient who is choosing to end their
The doctors respected her choice because she met the criteria for an informed consent and the family was supportive of her autonomy. For the doctors, nonmaleficience was a factor in that they are ethically responsible to provide no harm to Brittany but in contrast her decision goes against that where they are giving her medication that will end her life. We believed that this was difficult to come to a consensus. Putting ourselves in the doctors shoes we believed it would be unbearable to go through the process with a patient who is choosing to end their