1. There are four types on advanced directives listed in your text. Please list and descried three of them. The four types of advanced directives are DNR (do not resuscitate), living will, power or attorney and healthcare proxy, and uniform anatomical gift act. DNR is when the patient doesn’t want any extreme act to be taken to save his life during cardiac arrest. For example, if he stops breathing he doesn’t want a resuscitator to be put on him. Living will is a legal document that states if the patient wants to be on any life-prolonging machine. An example of that would be life support. Uniform anatomical gift act allows anyone the age of 18 or older to be an organ donor to anyone in need after death is pronounced. And example of this would be if someone got into a car accident and died, they could use his eyes to someone that has ‘bad’ eyes.
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Define curative and palliative care. Which type of care does the patient in this case study indicate that he would prefer? When someone sick has to make the decision of trying to cure the problems or just reducing the pain that’s is when they have to decided either curative or palliative care. Curative care is when they search for a cure or at least to reduce the medical problem from getting worst. Palliative care is when they just reduce the pain and suffering. Palliative is more common in older people where they just accept there time here is about over. However with this case, this patient said, “I do not believe in modern cancer treatments and will not be going to the oncologist’s office”. He also gave the doctor of his living will that said, “If this is it, this is the way I want it. Please put this in my file…” After reading those statements, I believe he just wants medication to stop the pain but nothing to cure the cancer; which would be palliative
Define curative and palliative care. Which type of care does the patient in this case study indicate that he would prefer? When someone sick has to make the decision of trying to cure the problems or just reducing the pain that’s is when they have to decided either curative or palliative care. Curative care is when they search for a cure or at least to reduce the medical problem from getting worst. Palliative care is when they just reduce the pain and suffering. Palliative is more common in older people where they just accept there time here is about over. However with this case, this patient said, “I do not believe in modern cancer treatments and will not be going to the oncologist’s office”. He also gave the doctor of his living will that said, “If this is it, this is the way I want it. Please put this in my file…” After reading those statements, I believe he just wants medication to stop the pain but nothing to cure the cancer; which would be palliative