Alice’s Frail Mother & One Small Cut That Killed Case Study

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Assignment 1

Review the case study link below

http://practicalbioethics.org/resources/case-studies


From this page, please locate and read the below case study:

  • Alice’s Frail Mother

Using the questions at the end of the case study as guide, describe the ethical dilemma faced by the participants. As you explain the ethical issues, provide possible resolutions and your opinion on the scenario. Make sure you apply the ethical decision-making principles, processes, or theories discussed in this course so far.

You are not to just answer the questions presented, but use those questions to walk through the ethical dilemma and present your analysis and conclusion.

Your response should be at least one page in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.



Assignment 2

Instructions

Providers, patients, and caregivers are often faced with very difficult healthcare decisions. For the Unit IV Case Study, you will review and respond to the below case.

You can access the case by visiting the following website:

The Center for Practical Bioethics. (n.d.). Case studies. Retrieved from

http://practicalbioethics.org/resources/case-studies


From this page, please read the case study, “One Small Cut that Killed.” Using the questions at the end of the case study as a guide, describe the ethical dilemma faced by the participants. As you explain the ethical issues, provide possible resolutions and your opinion on the scenario. Make sure you apply the information discussed in this unit.

You are not to just answer the questions presented, but use those questions to walk through the ethical dilemma and present your analysis and conclusion.

Your response should be at least one page in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.


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Running head: ETHICAL DILEMMA

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Alice’s Frail Mother
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ETHICAL DILEMMA

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How confusing is the relationship between advance directives and DNR orders
The relationship between advance directives and DNR are hugely confusing in this case.
The reason behind this is that upon signing the DNR documents, Alice was not provided with the
guidelines regarding how important or beneficial they would be in solving her mother's frail
health (Tomlinson & Brody, 2015). It is noteworthy that ‘Do-not-resuscitate' orders are only
functionally operative if they are duly signed. In other words, not unless the rules are signed and
approved the medical doctors cannot take any necessary measures to resolve the issues the
patients are faced with.
When the DRN orders can be affected – why they were not honored for Martha
Also referred to as ‘allow-natural-death' or ‘no code,' ‘Do Not Resuscitate' is a lawful
order, either oral or written depending on the nation, to withhold advanced cardiac life support or
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. DNR is not purposely aimed to affect any form of treatment apart
from CPR. However, research consistently shows that patients who have received DNR orders
are accorded less care and even die sooner. Therefore, the doctors could have failed or refused to
honor the DNR order for Martha because do...

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