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Does Religion Kill? An Ethical Analysis

Mehdi Hayat Khan, Tanzeel ur Rehman, Alia Rafiq

Healthcare professionals (HCP’s) encounter many ethical dilemmas in the clinical areas, every day. Treatment refusal is one of the ethical challenges, specially, when they are based on Jehovah's Witnesses. The focus of the healthcare profession is the betterment of the patient, family, and community. They follow ethical principles as a valuable tool in the process of decision making to maximize patient’s health by protecting patient’s rights through advocacy and ethical judgment and it is considered the heart of clinical nursing practices.