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My project was an examination of the interrelationship among the cultural understandings of law, of medicine, and all the sets of understandings, or shared beliefs, that are found to have an influence on what decisions are made and what actions are taken with respect to end-of-life decisions. I purposely chose an issue that involves an emotionally challenging and psychologically difficult situation in which individuals are forced to make decisions that affect the life and/or quality of life of someone close to them. My aim in choosing to study this issue was to understand how people function in making decisions and what factors most affect them when they are confronted with deciding a matter that touches upon their most basic beliefs and values. In this way, I hoped to better understand the influence of these shared cultural understandings on the decision-making process.
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Sturman, R.L. (2003). Conclusion. In: Six Lives in Jerusalem. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1052-8_9
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