All of the patient's children are distressed by the possibility of removing life-support treatments from their mother.The child who is most upset tells the nurse,"This is the same as killing her! I thought you were supposed to help her!" The nurse explains to the family,
A) "This is a process of allowing your mother to die naturally after the injuries that she sustained in a serious accident."
B) "The hospital would never allow us to do that kind of thing."
C) "Let's talk about this calmly, and I will explain why assisted suicide is appropriate in this case."
D) "She's lived a long and productive life."
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