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end their life. Another argument that may come into play is that the patient’s voluntary and informed consent may never be certain because most individuals who want to die are under pressure. Others opposing euthanasia believe that when continued medical care to cure an illness or disease have failed, hospice should come into play. This creates time that all efforts should be made to make the patient’s remaining time as comfortable as possible. Thus, all interventions and treatments should be…

RL is an 87 year old male who was experiencing increasing numbness and tingling in his left arm and was unable to stand up from his chair. He came into the ED on 10.27 at an external hospital and received a CT scan, which presented a C4 mass. He was then transferred to DHMC on 10.28 for further management. Comorbidities involve Afib with bradycardia at baseline, HTN, arthritis, a recurrent parastomal hernia and a colostomy. RL also had a spinal mass 40 years ago that was removed. It is not clear…

Do you ever just think about how we don’t have a choice or any control over our destiny especially when it comes to how we leave this world? This is something a person who is terminally is haunted by everyday wondering when there last breath is going to be and will it be pain free. What does living really mean? Does that mean being able to enjoy the company of those around you being able to truly be yourself or does it mean having a pulse even though your unconscious. Assisted suicide is meant…

You are visiting your grandma from the mental hospital, you can tell the end is near. You take a glance into her eyes and you visualize the miserable pain and suffering she is withstanding. You can indicate that she has no incentive to even breathe the same air as you. Do you really think she wants to be alive? Assisted suicide is a very contentious topic; some may argue that it is a physician’s duty to ease a patient’s pain from someone that is suffering an illness or mental problems. Most…

Some patient’s injuries are not attended with medical treatment, but with psychological and physical therapy. People with medical conditions that can be dealt with therapy will consider death an option more than they would consider therapy an options (Haerens). Assisted suicide can trigger people, who still have multiple resources that can…

For a medical professional to diagnose a patient with any type of Cardiovascular disease, certain steps need to be followed. First, a medical profession, such as your doctor, may ask the patient if have any previous medical conditions, as well as questions about your family’s medical history. After some information is gather the next step is testing whether it may be a single test or multiple to make a correct diagnosis. They’re a number of different test that can be done depending on the…

Especially knowing that the chances of survival are very slim for the patient. Supports of the mercy killing ask whether it is rational or not to keep a terminally ill patient who’s hopes of survival are slim and alive on a support system when our medical infrastructure is under immense pressure (Naik, 2011). Supporters also ask why mercy killing is not legalized when murder in defense is taken into consideration by law (Naik, 2011). 1. The Patient’s right to self-determination.…

Physician-Assisted Suicicde Physician-assisted-suicide is only legal in Montana, Oregon, and Washington while other states don’t have any written legislation or have completely illegalized the option. There are many mixed feelings when it comes to physician assisted suicide because of two contradicting words you would never expect to be next to each other. A physicians’ sole role is to provide by all means the best care under the impression that it is towards the benefit and well-being of that…

Preventing Falls in Acute Rehab Unit: Safe Patient Discharge is a Priority Introduction of Concept Preventing falls of all patients is the first priority of acute rehab unit. Stroke and traumatic brain injury patients are at higher risk due to cognitive impairment and weakness on the affected side after the stroke and fall. Patients forget their limitation of mobility and try to move independently without realizing their weakness after the stroke and ends up in falling and suffer more injury.…

Many medical professionals have explained their concern for legislature because of the small chance of survival of terminal illness (Popik). Legislature has not passed in multiple states. Bills in Iowa, Utah, and Colorado have failed this year (Popik). More research should be done to reconsider assisted suicide as a valid option for terminally ill patients. There is a small amount of research done on assisted suicide. Most research is done on suicide prevention (Johnson et. al 583). Medical…