A patient who has a terminal illness wants to be able to take a prescription medication to end life when suffering becomes unbearable.The patient asks the nurse for advice.Operating from a deontological point of reference,what action does the nurse take?

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Deontology is rule-bound and inflexible,obtaining moral authority from absolutes revealed by God.To preserve the sanctity of life,the nurse cannot participate in this situation.Advising the patient of providers to see is working from a teleological viewpoint because the end (patient death)might be seen as outweighing the means (helping the patient find a provider to provide a lethal prescription of drugs).Assessing the situation to see how the patient is affected (versus how some other patient would be affected)is situational.Determining financial status is not related to a specific philosophical outlook but might violate the principle of justice.

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