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After the Heart Attack - Sister Rosemary Flanigan, PhD

After the Heart Attack – Sister Rosemary Flanigan, PhD

In early 2012, at age 85, Dr. Rosemary Flanigan suffered and survived a heart attack. Fifteen years earlier, Dr. Flanigan ...
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The Case of Helga Wanglie – Futile Treatment

The Case of Helga Wanglie – Futile Treatment

Does the suggestion of withdrawal of life-sustaining technologies reflect moral decay in our culture? ...
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The Case of Freda: Nursing Staff in Moral Distress When Patient’s Wishes Not Followed

The Case of Freda: Nursing Staff in Moral Distress When Patient’s Wishes Not Followed

Freda is a thirty-two-year-old woman in an advanced fixed stage of multiple sclerosis. Freda's inability to swallow has caused her ...
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The Case of Claire Conroy

The Case of Claire Conroy

Must Patients Always Be Given Food and Water? An eighty-four-year-old non-ambulatory nursing home patient was confined to semi-fetal condition with ...
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Case Study – Our Pregnant Daughter Didn’t Want This.

Case Study – Our Pregnant Daughter Didn’t Want This.

Is a healthcare directive legally in effect if the patient is pregnant? ...
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Case Study – My Patient’s Dying

Case Study – My Patient’s Dying

I had never seen it before. I had no experience on which to base my unsettling suspicions. Who is responsible for ...
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Case Study – Mr. Jay’s Case

Case Study – Mr. Jay’s Case

Mr. Jay told his doctor he would prefer that resuscitation not even be attempted. Will paramedics know about Mr. Jay's ...
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Case Study – Matter of Quinlan

Case Study – Matter of Quinlan

Evidence in the case included statements the patient made earlier referring to her "distaste for continuance of life by extraordinary ...
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Case Study – Managing Pain, A Family Affair

Case Study – Managing Pain, A Family Affair

Mrs. W is a sixty-year-old African American woman with a recent diagnosis of breast cancer with metastases to the bone ...
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