Removal of Life Support Withholding or withdrawing life-prolonging treatment is considered “letting die”. The disease process causes the client to die a natural death. (Perry & Potter‚ 2010). Theoretical‚ emotional‚ and ethical confusion often accompanies ethical decision-making in these circumstances and beclouds the hearts and minds of decision makers. (Rev. O ’ Rourke‚ 2005) Family members or legal proxies may be called upon to make a decision of this nature for patients who are unable to speak
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the issue on life support. Say that a family member‚ specifically the mother‚ got into an extreme accident causing a severe blow to the head and as result was put on life support. For a time‚ the family manages to pay the hospital bills in order to continue the family member’s life support but overtime they start to exhaust almost all their resources. No longer can they borrow money from their relatives for
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Outcome 1 Understand own responsibilities‚ and the responsibilities of others‚ relating to health and safety 1. Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a health or social care work setting. There are a number of different legislations to follow relating to health and safety in health or social care setting‚ such as: The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 COSHH – The control of substances hazardous to health RIDDOR – Used to report incidents‚ accidents and
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HSC3047 1. The main legislation that governs the use of medication is The Medicines Acts 1968. The following is a list of legislations that have a direct impact upon the handling of medication within a social care setting. • The Medicines Act 1968 • The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 • The Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) The Children Act 1989 • The Data Protection Act 1998 • The Care Standards Act 2000 • The Health and Social Care Act 2001 • Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) • The Control of Substances
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A judge is mulling over whether an elderly Christian man’s life support treatment should continue or not after his daughter said he is showing signs of improvement despite doctors’ fears that he will only live for months and the treatment may be causing him pain. In June last year‚ a retired steelworker in his 80s collapsed due to a heart attack and has been minimally conscious since. Medical experts say the man‚ whose name cannot be disclosed as per the judge’s order‚ suffered “catastrophic” brain
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Unit HSC 025 The role of the social care worker Candidate Name ____________________________ Assessor Name ____________________________ Date Criteria Ref | Outcome 1Understand working relationships in health and social care. | 1 | The learner can:Explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship. | Any relationship is a two-way process‚ where two people connect and communicate with each other. A personal relationship might be one that you have with your family
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struggle. This article attempts to evaluate their contributions towards achieving women’s rights in English history. Envious of the freedom enjoyed and the respect commanded by women during the Islamic era‚ Dr. Annie Bessant wrote in her book The Life and Teachings of Muhammad: ‘I often think that women are more free in Islam than in Christianity. Women are more respected in Islam than by the faith which preaches monogamy’1. For it took the women of Europe many more years and much hard struggle
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breathe on her own. The team works tirelessly to keep her alive. The doctor decides to put the newborn on life support and now a new question arises. Should life support be withdrawn or should the extensive measures still be carried out? There are two different contexts that should be considered when dealing with
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Uranus are vastly different from the ones on Earth‚ as Uranus cannot support any form of life. There is much to Uranus that makes the planet impossible for us to live on. Things such as temperature‚ the atmosphere‚ the distance from the sun‚ and the atmosphere’s toxic gases. Overall‚ there are many variables that make Uranus a planet that cannot sustain life. The atmosphere of Uranus has gases that make the planet impossible for life to live on. Since the atmosphere is composed of hydrogen‚ helium‚
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individuality. In past generations manhood was easily defined because of a status quo. However‚ this concept of what our elders used to consider as being a man has been so distorted in society eyes because of many personal options that have affected our everyday life. To each man who seeks their individuality manhood has taken on complex attributes and no large groups of people believe or will stand for the same things. Therefore I believe that being a man means that I must not only have my own opinions‚ but
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