Category / Case Studies / End of Life Ethics
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Case Study – What Should We Do? DNR for an Adult with Down Syndrome
George is a twenty-three-year-old young man with Down’s syndrome, who lived independently in a group home. Unfortunately, an accident resulted in George suffering a severe brain injury, with no signs of consciousness after a year. He’s dependent upon a feeding tube.
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Case Study – Disagreement Over Advance Directive
Who decides if the medical team thinks care is non-beneficial and the family disagrees?
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Case Study – Could This Happen At Our Hospital?
A 79-year-old white female with advanced ovarian cancer, severe back and abdominal pain, COPD, depression and anxiety disorder, and asthma was admitted to the hospital from Happy Valley Nursing Home through the emergency room.
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Case Study – Casey’s Last Inning
How do healthcare providers clearly state what they believe is the right and good and wise action that ought to be taken for the patient?
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Case Study – Barney Says No
With no family, Barney, her longtime friend, has been her unofficial substitute decision maker. Should her treatment plan be moved to comfort care only? Who gets to decide?
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Case Study – Baby K
Do physicians have an obligation to treat in a situation in which they believe treatment is utterly pointless?
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Case Study – Angela C – Maternal Fetal Issues
Treatment wishes – is the response different because of pregnancy?
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Case Study – Alice’s Frail Mother
Do DNR orders matter?
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Case Study – A Family Divided
A forty-five-year-old man with a three-year history of cardiovascular disease has entered the hospital with a stroke that has paralyzed his right side and caused him to aspirate food of any consistency. His mental status is clouded and there is disagreement as to whether he has decisional capacity.
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Terri Schiavo — Five Years Later
Reflections on the Terri Schiavo case.
