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Non-Beneficial Care?
Who decides to continue treatment – the medical team or the DPOA?
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The Case of John: Refusal to Eat in a Long-Term Care Facility
Is there clear and convincing evidence that John is done eating?
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The Case of Mary Jo Hoffman: The Wanted, Unwanted Doctor
The Case of Mary Jo Hoffman: The Wanted, Unwanted Doctor Print This Case Study Bioethics Forum 16 (3) Case by David Emmott, MD, and Helen Emmott, RN Discussion Questions Compiled by Robert Potter, MD, PhD. Mary Jo Hoffman, a lovely forty-nine-year-old female, came to Dr. Clarke, urologist, after being seen by her… -
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The Case of Melinda and Matt: Ethical Indicators of Futility in Critically Ill New Mother
The Case of Melinda and Matt: Ethical Indicators of Futility in Critically Ill New Mother Print This Case Study Bioethics Forum 13 (2), Summer 1997 Case Study Prepared by Rosemary Flanigan, Director of Ethics Committee Development and Education, and Helen Emmott, Nurse Consultant, Midwest Bioethics Center, Kansas City, Missouri. Melinda Roberts is… -
The Case of Jehovah’s Witness: A Minor Requiring Blood Products
The Case of Jehovah's Witness: A Minor Requiring Blood Products Print This Case Study The Case of Jehovah’s Witness: A Minor Requiring Blood Products A sixteen-year-old male member of Jehovah's Witnesses incurred injuries in an auto accident. The injuries required surgery. The Case of Jehovah’s Witness: A Minor Requiring Blood Products Case Study: Novak V.… -
The Case of Jennie M: To Tube Feed or Not
The Case of Jennie M: To Tube Feed or Not Analysis by Saint Luke’s Hospital Ethical Concerns Committee This committee, consisting of four RNs, two chaplains, two social workers, one dietitian and one librarian, discussed the case of Jennie M. after establishing the medical facts available.
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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 feet and legs are swollen and covered in ulcers and dead tissue—diagnosed as osteomyelitis, or infection of his legs.
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Case Study: The Case of Joe
Case Study: The Case of Joe “Joe” is a 62-year-old building contractor who has been in an ICU for the past 10 weeks. He had gone to his community hospital for bypass surgery (CABG) and aortic valve repair (AVR), and things didn’t go well post-op. His sternal wound became infected with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
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The Case of Sepsis in a Newborn
The Case of Sepsis in a Newborn Adapted from a Case Study by William G. Bartholome, M.D., M.T.S. Case Analysis: Dr. Donna A. Caniano Assistant Professor of Surgery Ohio State University College of Medicine Midwest Medical Ethics, Summer 1988
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The Case of Teresa: Patient Vulnerability from a System’s Failure to Protect
The Case of Teresa: Patient Vulnerability from a System’s Failure to Protect A framework of general strategies to help vulnerable persons should explore responses that will help individual patients, improve professional and organizational responses to vulnerable patients, and mitigate the negative effects of public policies that affect vulnerable persons.
