“…These findings signify an ethical concern in that the interference of the nurses' and medical team's religious beliefs may handicap professional independence and clash with professionalism (Keenan et al , ; Burns et al , ; Latour et al , ; Langley et al , ). In making life sustaining treatment decisions from an ethical viewpoint, the consideration of the quality of life for the patient, the prognosis for the disease, the likelihood of further damages to the patient, deterioration of his/her condition, and legal issues all justify a sense of responsible professionalism (Burns et al , ; Akpınar and Ersoy, ).…”