it can really take a toll on the patient‚ his or her family‚ as well as the physician. This can be due to the fact that end-of-life care is usually seen as the end. To make this worse‚ the healthcare providers do not always relay such information in a way that the family will completely understand. Sometimes‚ the healthcare professional will not let the family know that end-of-life care is necessary; he or she will just continue to give the patient medications that are futile to their well-being. In
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Psychological Effects of End-Of-Life Care As people approach the end of their lives‚ they with their families and their caregivers‚ face many tasks and decisions. They may be psychological‚ spiritual‚ or medical in nature‚ but all end-of-life choices and medical decisions have complex psychological components‚ ramifications‚ and consequences that have a significant impact on the suffering patients and their caregivers. Hospice is a special healthcare option for patients and families faced with
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There are large issues that make one question how one can be virtuous‚ what path to take and discovering how that decision was made in the first place. This essay will discuss the idea of virtue and how it relates to the controversial topic of euthanasia. The debate on whether or not virtue is inborn or acquired is as complex as the nature versus nurture and even the which came first‚ the chicken or the egg? To understand how one can get to be so virtuous‚ one must decide whether or not they
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|HLTEN514B – Apply research skills within a contemporary health environment | |Assessment Task 2 Part B - | |Research Proposal | |Student
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As I strive to be an ethical leader‚ there are several virtues‚ values‚ and theories discussed in this chapter that I apply to my everyday life. For starters‚ I will admit to being a morally virtuous person‚ as these are things that comes naturally to me. In my opinion‚ commitment and fidelity go hand-in-hand; both are of importance to me because when I tell someone I’m going to do something‚ I like to follow through with it. I am the type of person who doesn’t like to let people down or feel like
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To Kill or Not To Kill In the past few decades‚ there has been a big uproar regarding the topic of euthanasia in dogs. Euthanasia used to be a term used to end the suffering of a life by putting them in a painless and permanent state of sleep. I believe that today‚ the term ‘euthanasia’ when referred to dogs has transformed to a word used to justify the mass murder of dogs across the world. Most people will agree that the only time a dog should be put down is when it is sick or suffering from pain
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To many‚ death may seem like a daunting topic‚ but it is a topic‚ which affects everyone and should be discussed. Every person deserves to have some autonomy when it comes to end-of-life care decisions. There are ethical and legal disputes that arise because of disagreements between patients‚ families‚ and medical professionals. Unfortunately‚ there is not always a clear right answer to what extent or how something should be done. How to care for a dying individual also presents a plethora of
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should be a consideration on several ethical issues in the allocation of resources for health care to the aging population an end of life care. The ethical considerations ensure equitable and proper allocation of resources towards the care of the aging and those near the end of their lives‚ Craig (2010). The first standard worth consideration in the sanctity of human life‚ this is because of the tendency some practitioners to hold a low opinion on the lives of the elderly‚ human live is as paramount
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End-of-life care is not an obvious focus of the nursing home industry. With more residents being cared for in these facilities rather than transferring to the hospital or to a hospice‚ end-of-life care has become more common in the nursing home environment. There is a need to bring more clarity to end-of-life decisions for the residents and those with decision making rights. Lachman (2010) states that “family members often misconstrue do not resuscitate (DNR) as giving permission to terminate an
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Huge number of scientists and medical doctors has tried to extend human life to live longer. Well-known ‘Genome-project’ is one of these efforts. In the point of view on life extension‚ euthanasia is undoubtedly one of controversial issue in modern society. The conflict is driven by the opinion gap whether accept the notion of euthanasia or should not be allowed. Obviously‚ in the past‚ there were few concerns toward human life compared to recent years. Original human kind tends to follow the rule
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