In the case study “ The Legal and Ethical Dilemma” pertains to a patient 89 years old, widow Mary Evelyn Greene was abled body, during the time of her husband passing away to maintain and function independently; before showing advance signs of memory impairment. The patient’s son, David Greene a successful Attorney, carried the burden of supporting his mother with allowing her to have private assistant living (CNA) and a housekeeper. The son lives about twenty-miles away from Shady Brooks Nursing facility, where the patient for 18 months resides. David has begun to show signs of emotional distress and adjustment disorder seeing his mother’s health declining, due to aging and mild dementia. Mrs. Green, eventually showed signs being frustrated,
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These include the following:
1. The strategy should be realistic and practical:
2. Food and fluids by death in cessation is relatively comfortable for the patient from withholding food or water in accordance with clear knowledge (verbal or written), with persistent in advance directives, is arguably legal. Both these claims can be sustained (Cramer & Menzel, 2014).
It’s critical for Shady Brooks to pay careful attention in the progression of dementia, these methods help in addressing the ethical “then-self”, versus “now-self”, the dilemma which become the most fundamental challenges with the difficulties, to applying any form of life-ending directive for patient with dementia. For example, it’s possible when a patient has a clear informed directive, such as Mrs. Greene that withheld water and food, now she reaches a certain point in her life that she wishes to consume food and appreciate life …show more content…
A person (caregiver), such as Mr. David Greene may think that it’s valuable that people decide about other people lives, rather than the love ones is their midst get better, versus the consequence of the patient having the option to decide about their own health. People that are competent to make decisions (Kleinlugtenbelt, Molewijk, & Widdershoven, 2011).
According to the article, ROLE OF EMOTIONS IN MORAL CASE DELIBERATION: THEORY, PRACTICE, AND METHODOLOGY (2011), stated policies based on a control-related autonomy ideal should be reasonable, because to interfere with patients’ decisions, even regarding those individuals that base their information obtained. In most instances, retaining a patients’ information upon their decisions, probably best for the interest of the client in order to restrict from doing less harm, than good (Kleinlugtenbelt, Molewijk, & Widdershoven, 2011).
Emotions play an integral part of virtue ethics, according to Aristotle’s philosophy (Helgesson, 2014). Aristotle’s view on moral reasoning inherent part of our sense in being. Therefore, examine the nature of emotions and address the situations through moral
These include the following:
1. The strategy should be realistic and practical:
2. Food and fluids by death in cessation is relatively comfortable for the patient from withholding food or water in accordance with clear knowledge (verbal or written), with persistent in advance directives, is arguably legal. Both these claims can be sustained (Cramer & Menzel, 2014).
It’s critical for Shady Brooks to pay careful attention in the progression of dementia, these methods help in addressing the ethical “then-self”, versus “now-self”, the dilemma which become the most fundamental challenges with the difficulties, to applying any form of life-ending directive for patient with dementia. For example, it’s possible when a patient has a clear informed directive, such as Mrs. Greene that withheld water and food, now she reaches a certain point in her life that she wishes to consume food and appreciate life …show more content…
A person (caregiver), such as Mr. David Greene may think that it’s valuable that people decide about other people lives, rather than the love ones is their midst get better, versus the consequence of the patient having the option to decide about their own health. People that are competent to make decisions (Kleinlugtenbelt, Molewijk, & Widdershoven, 2011).
According to the article, ROLE OF EMOTIONS IN MORAL CASE DELIBERATION: THEORY, PRACTICE, AND METHODOLOGY (2011), stated policies based on a control-related autonomy ideal should be reasonable, because to interfere with patients’ decisions, even regarding those individuals that base their information obtained. In most instances, retaining a patients’ information upon their decisions, probably best for the interest of the client in order to restrict from doing less harm, than good (Kleinlugtenbelt, Molewijk, & Widdershoven, 2011).
Emotions play an integral part of virtue ethics, according to Aristotle’s philosophy (Helgesson, 2014). Aristotle’s view on moral reasoning inherent part of our sense in being. Therefore, examine the nature of emotions and address the situations through moral