Chapter 3 Part 2 Flashcards
What is the significance of the Nancy Cruzan case?
Surrogate decision makers, power of attorneys were more supported by legislation
What branches of the government are equipped to pursue assisted suicide rules?
Legislative and executive branches
Doctor who made machines that inject medication for physician assisted suicide which eventually helped 22 with assisted suicide
Kevorkian
What are the US Supreme court’s decision on physician assisted suicide?
Washington and New York can have physician assisted suicide depending on the state’s rule not Supreme Court’s
What is the significance of the Quill vs Vacco case?
They allow the patient to die not physician assisted suicide; there is a distinction between euthanasia and physician assisted suicide
Allows terminally ill resident to obtain lethal dose of medication from his or her physician; prohibits physician or other person directly administers medication to end another’s life
Oregon’s death with dignity act
Patients have the right to formulate advance directives; health care providers receiving federal funds under Medicare need to comply with regulation
Patient self determination act of 1990
Patients have a right to make decisions about their health care with their physician , may agree to a proposed treatment, choose among offered treatments or say no to a treatment
Advance directives
Instrument or legal document that describes treatments individual wishes or does not wish to receive should he or she become incapacitated and unable to communicate treatment decisions
Living will
Person/agent that makes the decision of health and personal care for the patient in the even that they become unable to communicate treatment decisions
Medical Power of Attorney
Document that allows a person to appoint a health care agent to make treatment decisions
Health Care Proxy
Physician recognizes that effect of treatment will be no benefit to the patient
Futility of treatment
Likelihood an intervention amount is poor time-wise
Quantity of futility of treatment
Quality of care will be poor for the patient
Quality of futility of treatment
When do you withhold or withdraw treatment?
Terminally ill, imminent death will occur, non-cognitive state, restoration of cardiac function is brief for a period of time
