Question

Do you think science as an ethical obligation to present the public with both the benefits and burdens of stem cell research?

Google and Read the story of “How Mom’s Death Changed my thinking about End of Life Care” article and discuss your feelings on End of Life Care and whether they may have changed by reading this story.

Answer 1

Yes stem cell research does have ethical obligation to present it to the Society or the public as it is a very sensitive emotional aspect of life. In many countries they believe life starts from the embryo and when you talk about stem cell research it is so uncertain that for a stem cell research an embryo has to be destroyed which is a matter of religious factor.

As a nurse end of life care as I understand means you support the people approaching their end of life as per their choice. Because many people have this wish of not troubling their family or not getting troubled or suffered by the medical aids, medications, mechanical ventilation and all. On the other side there are people who want live a little bit more with their family who want to be treated and cared so that they won't miss their precious few more months or year of living on this earth. When I read this article mentioned above all I felt was it depends on individuals whether they recover or they may not. It depends on several factor and in most of the cases as they are old and there will be age related changes in the body nobody can predict what will happen next and in what time the patient will recover. So it's always an individual choice for an end of life care.