Personal Reflective Essay: End Of Life Care

There is no doubt for me that an issue I will find difficult to address in practice will be end of life matters, specifically difficult for me to conceptual grasp is withdrawal or withholding treatment of nutrition and hydration. On a personal level, my difficulty with this practice stems from my own personal experience in this area and my emotional grief. Several years ago, my dear friend bravely made the choice to enter into a hospice center. Prior to this decision, my friend, her family, and I spoke with the social worker regarding options and dilemmas each of us were experiencing. According to O'Donnell, Farrar, BrintzenhofeSzoc, Conrad, et al (2008), “patients and families increasingly turned to social workers to help them in their ethical