In this essay I have been asked to discuss three ethical choices that might arise when providing end of life care to children. End-of-life care is also known as palliative care and it is the care that is given to someone who is terminally ill and dying. Palliative care‚ as defined by the Department of Health (200b)‚ is the holistic‚ individualised care of someone who has been diagnosed with an incurable or life-limiting illness. (The Open University 2009). Here in the UK the NHS is responsible
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treatment has increased and improved allowing humans to prolong life beyond the natural capability of the body. There is no doubt that life-sustaining treatments are beneficial for patients and family members. The down side of all this is that‚ whereas before nature was left to take its own course it seems like someone can decide if & how long a life will be prolonged and when it will end. Therefore people are aware of a fundamental right‚ the right to die with dignity and without excessive intervention
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The Stages of Dying and of Losing a Loved One Usually‚ a person (or their loved ones) will go through all or some of the following stages of feelings and emotions. The dying person’s stages can often be more predictable than the stages experienced by a loved one who has just suffered a loss. 1. Denial • The dying person being able to drop denial gradually‚ and being able to use less radical defences‚ depends on: - how he/she is told about his/her status; - how much time he/she has to acknowledge
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REGRETS OF THE DYING Bronnie Ware For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate someone’s capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a variety of emotions‚ as expected - denial‚ fear‚ anger‚ remorse‚ more denial and eventually
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Tabitha Sharp EN-1102 Cory Latta Learning Autobiography Essay Dying to Live Growing up‚ I have attended several funerals and memorials. I have never been around a dead body or witnessed a death. When viewing the body‚ I am the one you see darting out the back. I have never handled death well. When my sister-in-law was killed in a car accident in 2008‚ she was the first I had ever seen. I remember her not looking like herself. They had a lot
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willing to endure pain with patience.” This quote is idealistic for the idea that dying a martyr brings honor or glory. In the Christian religion it is a common occurrence to be rhetorically asked if one would embrace their beliefs wholly enough to stand up or even die for them. In the moment many will surrender to the question with an affirmation of absolutely. However‚ it is least likely to convince a mind of dying for a belief if told about the consequences. If one were to add the brutality of
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In "To Hell With Dying‚" Alice Walker writes about an old man named Mr. Sweet who occasionally falls into a deep depression and becomes so unhappy with life that he loses the desire to live. Each time this happens‚ a neighborhood girl would come to the rescue and shower Mr. Sweet with love by giving him hugs and kisses‚ as he lay on his death bed. After these “rituals‚” Mr. Sweet shows a miraculous recovery and has the will to live again. This goes on for many years until Mr. Sweet finally dies
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previously‚ the practice of physician aid-in-dying is illegal in majority of the United States‚ but it likely is it still happening behind closed doors. If this practices was legalized in more states or the United States as whole‚ it could potentially advance and expand end-of-life care and treatment options and it would allow for physicians to discuss this practice openly. Although there are valid reasons to believe the practice of physician aid-in-dying is ethical‚ it is justified as unethical because
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Disease! In the past‚ life expectancy was low and death rates were high. The “Dying Trajectory” was short. That is‚ we were relatively healthy until we got sick-then we died‚ mostly from infectious diseases. People did not live long enough to die from chronic diseases.” (Doyle D‚ 1998‚ p 10) Paraphrase: Current modern day medicine has created “death” from chronic diseases. By finding ways to cure premature death‚ dying now takes much longer. The results have tremendous physical‚ social and economic
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Nicholas Reese Art History Test #1 Essay Prompt #2 “Dying Lioness” The Dying Lioness a small detail of one of the many Assyrian relief carvings that were found during the Assyrian rule. The Relief itself was titled Ashurbanipal hunting Lions and belonged to the North Palace of Ashurbanipal. It was created in 645 to 640 BCE and like many reliefs; it pictured a hunt taking place. It was average sized at about five and a half feet tall and carved out of Gypsum rock giving itself a red hue. This
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