It is ethically problematic and unhelpful to frame statements in terms of "the patient wants to die" or "the patient doesn't want to die" because: Question 8 options: Patients can legitimately decline treatments that would otherwise be life prolonging if they think the treatments are unduly burdensome or lack significant benefit, this doesn't mean that the patient wants to die. It sets death as a goal "Keep me alive at all costs" is an easy request on which to deliver. A & B A & C