Yasui et al. (2017) maintain that for some families,”discussions of mental health problems or mental illness is taboo,due to cultural perspective that mental illnesses signify being’crazy’ or ‘mad’, thereby preventing families from seeking helpbecause of fear of bringing shame on the family”.

As you may encounter some similar beliefs when providing end oflife care to terminally ill patients who may be depressed, I wantyou to:

  1. Take some time to reflect on the quote from Yasui et al. (2017)and comment on whether or not you agree with the authors and whyyou agree or disagree.
  2. In your opinion if a nurse has difficulty in addressing mentalhealth issues with a patient under their care due to their personalbeliefs, should they continue providing care of the patient? Ifnot, what should the nurse do?
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