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As a Hospice nurse, one of the most common questions that I get is, “How do you deal with people who refuse treatments that can cure them? How can you just let them die?” As healthcare professionals, our drive is to help people, and our goal is usually to cure what ails them. Ethically, we know that patients have rights to make their own choices, but when it goes against our instincts and our own personal preferences, we end up in a dilemma. Our fears kick in and we scramble to find a way to convince or even