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Legal and Ethical Principle in health Care & Quality in Health Care
(Benchmark Assignment) Applying Decision-Making Models in Health Care.
This is a benchmark assignment.
Choose an ethical decision-making model from among the following three discussed in the lecture and other readings: Nash’s 12 Questions for Moral Choices, Kidder’s Ethical Checkpoints, and Uustal’s Ethical Decision-Making Model. Apply your chosen model to the following ethical dilemma:
Your terminally ill patient told you at her last visit that, since her pain could no longer be completely controlled by any means, and in her opinion she was just waiting to die, she was going to Holland to participate in its physician-assisted suicide program.
What would your advice to this patient be? In a 500-750 word paper, include a letter to your patient offering your insights and recommendations regarding this decision.
In addition, following your letter, include a subsection in which you address the following when completing this assignment:
Explain the theory of the chosen ethical decision-making model as it relates to this scenario. What effect have this and other models had on medical practice over the years?
Should a doctor be able to end the life of an individual who is suffering and who has no hope of recovery? Why or why not?
How might a living will be used, or not, to guide an individual’s end of life decisions?
How does the use of technology complicate the dying process?
Include at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed references from the GCU Library to support your positions.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
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Nursing homework help
There are 2 discussions: Topic 1 & Topic 2 (They both require references please)
I have attached the Case Study 2: Wrongful death by Howard Carpenter on Behalf of Wilma Carpenter, Deceased.
Topic 1: Application of Standards of Care Your instructor has placed you in groups and assigned a case study. Case Study 2: Wrongful death by Howard Carpenter on Behalf of Wilma Carpenter, Deseased. Look at the legal malpractice case study that has been assigned to your group. Describe the case and discuss the standard of care that the parties will be held to in this case. How will the standards of care and the Nurse Practice Act be applied in a court of law if the case is sued?
Discussion Board: Minimum 200 words, APA Style, Time New Roman, Font 12, (3 references- in text citations) not older than (2012-2017). No Plagiarism please.
Topic 2: Clinical Criteria for Determining Danger to Self
A 45-year-old wife of one of the staff physicians was admitted to the emergency room. She is intoxicated and loud. Her husband wants her admitted to the psychiatric unit. He has asked to have two other physicians that are his friends to sign the paper work to admit her. In New York State where the hospital is located two physicians can admit a patient against their will if they are a danger to themselves or others. You happen to be a neighbor and know that the couple is going through a divorce and the husband wants custody of the two children. You also know he is dating a nurse on another unit. Differentiate between the ethical and legal implications of her admission. What actions will you take? Support your decisions with legal reasoning and case law.
Discussion Board: Minimum 200 words, APA Style, Time New Roman, Font 12, (3 references- in text citations) not older than (2012-2017). No Plagiarism please