Most nurses get involved in the debate when they treat terminally ill patients. They believe that even if it is the doctor who prescribes the lethal substances or withdraws them from treatment, it is they, the nurses, who stay with the patients until the end. Some nurses choose to help care for a terminally ill patient if asked knowing the legal and professional repercussions, while others choose not to. There are developed guidelines that state that nurses have the right to refuse to care for a patient who has requested assistance in dying if it goes against their moral principles, but their objections must be stated in advance. Nurses on both sides are required to understand their own rights and those of their patients (Ersek