Toleration of moral diversity and the conscientious refusal by physicians to withdraw life-sustaining treatment.

The removal of life-sustaining treatment often brings physicians into conflict with patients. Because of their moral beliefs physicians often respond slowly to the request of patients or their families. People in bioethics have been quick to recommend that in cases of conflict the physician should simply sign off the case and "step aside".

Suffer the little children: the ancient practice of infanticide as a modern moral dilemma.

Inherent in nursing practice is respect for human life. Traditionally, this respect has been guided by the sanctity-of-life principle as embraced by the Jewish and Christian faiths. However, there appears to be a shift in philosophical thought regarding the inviolability of human life in medical and nursing practice.