Or is the patient expressing a desire to preserve self-determination in terms of planning what happens during the last moments of her or his life?
5. To preserve self-determination in the last moments of life (control) Among some patients, the WTD was associated with the desire to retain (or regain) control and self-determination in the last period of their lives (P5, P13, P24, P29).
To allow a life-ending process to take its course 2. To let death put an end to severe suffering 3. To end a situation that is seen as an unreasonable demand 4. To spare others from the burden of oneself 5. To preserve self-determination in the last moments of life 6.
We interpreted the intention of her WTD to be based on three wider meanings: to let death put an end to severe suffering: see quote in the text under meaning 2; to end a situation that is seen as an unreasonable demand (meaning 3): "It is hard this fate it is cruel, I can tell you"; to preserve self-determination in the last moments of life (meaning 5): "I am glad to be still so clear in my head.
The failure to provide services, which preserve the self-determination of people with mental illness, has been reported elsewhere [ 51], but this problem is particularly pertinent for women [ 52].
Mr. Leavitt emphasized that the impetus for the decision was President Bush's determination to preserve streams and wetlands.
Mr. Grasso's determination to preserve market share may also have been behind his ill-conceived decision last spring to invite Mr. Weill of Citigroup to join the exchange's board as a representative of the public.
The European political elite demonstrated in 2012 its determination to preserve the euro.
As with their official statements, their cultural expressions assert their determination to preserve the uprising's peaceful, non-sectarian character.
It is chiefly resistance to change and a determination to preserve the French social model at all costs.
But the performance scheduled for 7 30 on Saturday night in the Victoria Theater of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark makes clear that dedication and determination can preserve threatened arts.
