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Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Different Approach
Physician Assisted Suicide – A Different Approach More requests for physician-assisted suicide are not due to present suffering. Steps must be designed to uncover the real roots of the desire so…
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Caring Conversations – A Partnership Between You and Your Agent
Organ donations were in the news in 2010 as legislatures in New York, California and other states considered presumed consent — making everyone an organ donor unless they opt out –and physicians considered whether it should be part of advance care planning.
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The Case of Jesse, Unrepresented and Homeless
The Case of Jesse, Unrepresented and Homeless A 60-year-old homeless man, “Jesse”, is found confused and in distress by a passerby who calls 911. Paramedics bring the man to the hospital. Jesse’s…
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The Case of Sheila and Nick: Sheila Shares Her Boyfriend’s Experience at the VA
The Case of Sheila and Nick: Sheila Shares Her Boyfriend’s Experience at the VA “Is this where I’m s’posed to be at? Is this the place? You all are nurses? This guy…
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The Case of Russell: Adults with Disabilities as Essential Partners in Their Healthcare
The Case of Russell: Adults with Disabilities as Essential Partners in Their Healthcare The following is an account of how one young man, born with a disability, took control over his own…
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The Case of Megan and Ken: Confidentiality of a Diagnosis
The Case of Megan and Ken: Confidentiality of a Diagnosis Megan and Ken have been married for twenty-two years. They have three girls, the youngest, Katie, graduates from high school this coming…
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The Case of Jimmy: Out of Hospital DNRs for School-Aged Children
The Case of Jimmy: Out of Hospital DNRs for School-Aged Children Jimmy is twelve years old, bright, interacts well with teachers and other students, and really likes to go to school. However,…
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The Case of Pat: Unprepared to Talk About Dying
The Case of Pat: Unprepared to Talk About Dying Pat B. had never talked with her father about dying. Even when he was older and had remarried after her mother’s death, there…
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The Case of Ophelia: Conflicting Values in the Placement of Violent Teenager with Mental Disability
The Case of Ophelia: Conflicting Values in the Placement of Violent Teenager with Mental Disability Ophelia is fifteen years old, nearly six feet tall, and weighs 160 pounds. She has cognitive disabilities…
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The Case of Nancy Cruzan
The Case of Nancy Cruzan A thirty-year-old accident victim suffered lack of oxygen to her brain for six to twenty minutes. She was in a persistently comatose and vegetative state, sustained by…
