Ethical Issuues and Quality of Life

Question 1

Resources

Answer 1

Textbook, Chapter 15

Revisit Langmore (1998) article

McHorney ( 2002 ) – SWAL-QOL

Question 2

Ethics in Medicine

Patient Self-Determination Act of 1991

Set guidelines to allow patients to _____fully in decisions regarding their ______.

Important in ____ or _____illness situations

Answer 2

Set guidelines to allow patients to participate fully in decisions regarding their health care.

Important in severe or terminal illness situations

Question 3

When parties disagree, solutions based upon:

How patient established ____

Medical ___and _____

Burden on ____and _____

Effects of patient and family ____

_____constraints

Answer 3

How patient established preference

Medical risks and benefits

Burden on patient and family

Effects of patient and family QOL

Legal constraints

Question 4

Advanced Directives

Statement made by a person with ______capability indicating his/her _____ for treatment under certain _____ (Groher & Crary, pg. 309)

Answer 4

Statement made by a person with decision-making capability indicating his/her preferences for treatment under certain circumstances (Groher & Crary, pg. 309)

Question 5

Advanced Directives

Two parts:

Answer 5

Living Will-written request to forego some type of treatment

Durable Power of Attorney- appoints a surrogate to act on patient’s behalf in case of end-of-life or irreversible conditions

Question 6

Natural death choices

Not currently in place in the ____

Other countries: Australia, Natural Death Act of South Australia of 1983

Answer 6

USA