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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 ...
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 ...
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? ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Case Study – “If you prick me, do I not bleed?”

Case Study – “If you prick me, do I not bleed?”

Elizabeth is over 100 years old, with little cognitive decline. Her blood-thinning medication requires monthly blood draws, which are painful ...
A Case of Clinical Ethics Consultation

A Case of Clinical Ethics Consultation

Goals of care may be in conflict. Assistance requested in complex case of anoxic brain injury patient with unreliable DPOA ...
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