Cowart Case Summary

Later on Dax continued going through the rehabilitation process and still wished to die and he kept asking others to participate in his death. He did state that the real reason he really wanted to die was all because the pain throughout the whole process was truly unbearable and even if he does enjoy his life now, he still believes that every person has the right as to what can or cannot be done to their body; patient autonomy isn’t something that can be compromised, and ultimately the decision always lies with the patient as to what should be done with their body in a hospital. While looking at this case the doctors and nurses and those who assisted him in the ambulance and the farmer who called the 911, they were all just doing what was right. …show more content…
But I strongly believe that if the doctor would of given Cowart more pain medication, which was afterwards determined they could have given him more, then it is quite possible that Cowart would not have had this intense craving and desire to die nor will he have had a strong opinion on patient autonomy. But at the same time you can’t blame the doctors, although yes Cowart strongly believes in patient autonomy, but Cowart had been brought to the hospital through the