It is reasonable to call such a situation a quandary.
It is for this reason that war, or other forms of political violence, may occur at the onset of a quandary.
Although end-of-life decisionmaking and other areas of quandary ethics are important topics, values - including ethical values - inform every aspect of day-to-day medical practice.
One approach to resolving this quandary is to be found in wider acceptance of the doctrine of medical futility.
In short all this leads to a quandary.
This leaves behavioural physiologists in something of a quandary.
As the work of the convention proceeded, the delegates were still in a quandary about a suitable method for electing a president.
The introduction and application of new technologies in clinical practice is sometimes associated with explicit moral quandaries.
