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Case Study – Good Death or Assisted Suicide?
“My body is all worn out. I’m worn out. Don’t want to do this anymore, Doc. Just stop that little ...
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 ...
Case Study – Disagreement Over Advance Directive
Who decides if the medical team thinks care is non-beneficial and the family disagrees? ...
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 ...
Confidentiality in the Age of AIDS: A Case Study in Clinical Ethics
This article presents the case of an HIV-positive patient who presented the treating physician, a psychiatrist, with an ethical dilemma ...
Case Study – Clinical Research Involving Children
T.J. is a seven-year-old boy who was diagnosed with asthma at three years of age. T.J. and his parents have ...
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 ...
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 ...
Case Study – Baby K
Do physicians have an obligation to treat in a situation in which they believe treatment is utterly pointless? ...