[Ethical problems from the nurses' viewpoint].

Abstract

In a first part, the distinct perspectives of physician and nurse are outlined. In a second part, the ethical dilemmas emerging from daily practise are revealed. Questions regarding effects and meanings of health and suffering are raised. Does possibility mean obligation, i.e. for transplantation of organs? What are the criteria for this advanced medicine? Since ethical decisions do always involve at least two individuals and since they are not abstract ideas, they touch us over and over again: closely.