A nurse who sits on the hospitals ethics committee is reviewing a complex case that has many of the hallmarks of assisted suicide. Which of the following would be an example of assisted suicide?
A) Administering a lethal dose of medication to a patient whose death is imminent
B) Administering a morphine infusion without assessing for respiratory depression
C) Granting a patients request not to initiate enteral feeding when the patient is unable to eat
D) Neglecting to resuscitate a patient with a do not resuscitate order
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